Orbit
Tess Martin
Drawings on rotating discs guide us through the cycle of life on earth, make us feel the rhythm of nature and tell of the origins of the moving image.
Orbit
Orbit
Tess Martin
Animation Night 2023
Animated Film
Netherlands
2019
7 minutes
without dialogue
Subtitles:
None
As we watch individual details and their interplay as a whole, presented on rotating discs, we get a spark of insight into the interactions of flora and fauna on earth and the elemental power of our central star, the sun. Temporality, rhythm and the functioning of film are hinted at. A look at the origins of life and the moving image.
Credits
Director
Tess Martin
Cinematographer
Matija Pekić
Score
Jason Staczek
Animation
Tess Martin
