Protist Rhapsody
October 2023
10-minute dome film of the Life-Death-Rebirth cycle of a digital micro-organism inspired by Physarum Polycephalum. Winner of the “Best Sound Driven Work” award at SAT Fest 2024
Description
”Protist Rhapsody" is an immersive experimental computer animation, uniquely envisioned for the full-dome theater.
It invites viewers to a voyage into a microcosmos where the boundary between the digital and the organic dissolves, a world where the ethereal dance of a digital entity, inspired by the Physarum Polycephalum, unfolds. The Protist, an embodiment of the fascinating slime mold's essence, grapples with an existential conundrum —a struggle between its innermost yearnings and the relentless forces that act upon it from its environment.
The journey through the life cycles of this digital organism is an artistic meditation, nviting contemplation of the delicate feedback loop between the inner self and the external world, echoing the timeless dance of adaptation and individuality.