CARBON 3
CARBON is a new short film series that imagines ecological collapse experienced through various perspectives. CARBON 3, the third in the series, occurs underwater. Inspired by Len Lye’s early cinematic techniques of filmic collage, the two-and-a-half-minute film undergoes a major transition in the course of the animation. The film opens with endangered (and essential) seagrass, seen through a layered oceanscape to represent the five layers of the ocean. Oil rigs and military ocean mines appear, along with toxic iridescent wave frequencies. Colors slowly desaturate, and marine life grows scarce and quiet. We end with an uninhabitable, anoxic ocean.
Artist: Nancy Baker Cahill
Director: Nancy Baker Cahill
VFX: Nancy Baker Cahill and Local Formations
Sound Design: Anna Luisa Petrisko
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