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"I installed an ant colony inside my scanner five years ago. I scanned the nest each week..."

>This short film is an exploration of the aesthetic of life and degradation.

Five years ago, I installed an ant colony inside my old scanner that allowed me to scan in high definition this ever evolving microcosm (animal, vegetable and mineral). The resulting clip is a close-up examination of how these tiny beings live in this unique ant farm. I observed how decay and corrosion slowly but surely invaded the internal organs of the scanner. Nature gradually takes hold of this completely synthetic environment.
The ants are still alive : the process will continue…

Part of the WORLD EXPO Shanghai 2010, presented by "OPEN THIS END"

music : Franks - Infected Mushroom.

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Amaury Riega 1 year ago

Le retour du grand Vautier ! Magnifiquement texturé !
Vj Robson Victor 1 year ago

OUWOWWWWW YOURE A GENIOUS MAN !!
VERY GREAT STUFF !!!
jacob rendell chamomile vj 1 year ago

beautiful
Nilz 1 year ago

This is a really great idea. Lots of really interesting stuff happening. I am less attracted to the stylistic aspects of the video, like the vignetting and the music, but the ideas and the footage are fantastic. I really liked how you messed around with time, and didn't keep it chronological. Cool man.
jacob rendell chamomile vj 1 year ago

i think that when we have some footage such as this that is so unique, it is difficult to use additional effects without subtracting or destructing something, but i think in this context of a "music video" everything worked great. definitely nice use of the space.
Aymeric Ayral 1 year ago

Using a scanner can be very inspiring.
I think its the quality of the images it provides and this faculty to make extreme zoom that make it such a interesting tool.
The scanner you used François is very solid since it still worked even after 5 years of ants activity...
I'm working on a video using scanner technics but no insects allowed !
Eugene 1 year ago

you have a good imagination!
Phil Schmidt 1 year ago

thats weird ;)
pls tell a bit about your setup.
Breezy Granzow 1 year ago

this was a really interesting idea
fuck la machine!zzzzz 1 year ago

nice idea, but i'd wish to have seen more of the ants.
françois vautier 1 year ago

salut

you can see the ant's ghost...

+fvautier
Sam Shiryaykin 1 year ago

cool!
Marinus Swanepoel 1 year ago

please do share more about how you did it!
Nick Tyson Kondo 1 year ago

Dude....creepy...weird....awesome!
Blake Whitman 1 year ago

what an AWESOME idea!
bliss* productions 1 year ago

Incredible! I would love to know more about the process and how you achieved this.
Rickster 1 year ago

Wonderful, I look forward to your next timelapse, I'm just worried about how long I will have to wait!
The Film Artist 1 year ago

Amazingly amazing work, well done! :)) Added to vimeo.com/channels/worldhd
Kentiko 1 year ago

I LOVE it. Thank you very much :D
Ederer 1 year ago

wow...! O.O
Katherine 1 year ago

serious commitment
Sarvesh K 1 year ago

Awesome work buddy!!!
I wish to try it.... so can you post a tutorial video on how you did this job?
Derek Mellott 1 year ago

+1
Thomas Jacob 1 year ago

wow. . really really cool!
TONY LARIOS 1 year ago

What the heck is this??? Pretty cool dude!
Brett Plank 1 year ago

weird...but awesome.
Kevin Robbins 1 year ago

interesting.
Martijn Doornenbal 1 year ago

yeah great idea!
Dex 1 year ago

Despite its greatness, i feel it can be better if you scanned it more often and produce a short film about the change for 4 seasons within one year, not 5 years (long time-span can make the subtle changes appear random instead of progressive).
françois vautier 1 year ago

salut
look at vimeo in a few month and you will have : Ants PART 2 (it will correspond to what you said)

à bientôt
+fvautier
(sorry for my bad english)
mpared 1 year ago

posted at the curious brain
Benjamin Franck 1 year ago

I love the idea !!
Et je vais continuer en français ce sera plus simple pour tous les deux: je me demande comment on peu scanner l'intérieur d'un scanner .... est-ce à l'aide d'un deuxième scanner ? Ou as-tu retourné la barrette CCD ?
Je suis vraiment curieux : )
toneburst 1 year ago

Brilliant!
It would also be great to see just the raw footage (I mean without the pan-and-scan). I'd love to see the entire scanner bed as the colony developed for the whole 5 year period.

Great work!

a|x
Risa Dickens 1 year ago

I ADORE this!!! So beautiful!! And COOOOL!!
City 17 Productions 1 year ago

genius idea, nice one looks awesome
Max Tubman 1 year ago

So we are looking at the bottom side of the scanner, how did you shoot this? Was the camera on some sort of 3 axis rail system? What did you do with the scanned images? awesome idea!
Scott Taradash 1 year ago

Brilliant and original.
Simon Victor 1 year ago

Brilliant
Ida Lindgren 1 year ago

wow, this is just so great!
David Scott McDougall 1 year ago

You are f'king awesome my friend.
Rainier Markmann 1 year ago

wow.. pretty amazing work :D
Joshua VP 1 year ago

That is unbelievable...very nice work..
Oscar Falcón Lara 1 year ago

Wow, fascinating and cool... interesting stuff.
XNOGRAFIKZ 1 year ago

Pure genius.
blobby barack 1 year ago

really cool textures and nice idea...i hope to see something more in less than 5 years :-)..
keep going with this king of setup it's awsome !!!
vimanaboy 1 year ago

very very cool... i would love to see a version w/o the effects, too
TwoThumbsFresh 1 year ago

Dude...seriously. wow.
Lau 1 year ago

amazing how your scanner still works despite the amount of gunk in it. doesn't the amount of moisture and plant growth affect the circuitry of the scanner? what brand is your scanner btw? gotta get me one of these.
kyogen 1 year ago

cool idea, and the result is pretty bloody awesome
Michael Cherdchupan 1 year ago

Absolutely AWESOME!
YOWAU 1 year ago

Amazing!
Yael Bedarshi 1 year ago

wow!
Michael Stern 1 year ago

Very cool, but where are the ants? It just looks like time lapse photography -- It would be cool if there were actual ants.
REEK FEEL 1 year ago

come on guys - it's not SOOO great and brilliant
- rather empty really
and there are no ants in it - ie it's all faked
nothing wrong with that of course
françois vautier 11 months ago

salut

be patient...I will present you the queen

fv
Corax Incarna 1 year ago

Scanning moving objects doesn't work so well. That's why there's no ants. Besides, who would care to fake it. Honestly.

It's a time lapse that took half a decade to make, at the very least that's worthy of appreciation.

à françois: très sympa! J'aime le style. La musique et tes décisions visuelles rendent le vidéo comme un urgent documentaire modern... j'aime beaucoup. As-tu des photos de la fourmilière à l'extérieur? Bravo pour ton dévouement, aussi. :) Et désolé pour mon français.
Amanda Leilani 1 year ago

yes
yess
YESS!
!!!!!!!!!!
Mirko Lalit Egger 1 year ago

that's awesome!
VEN 1 year ago

Wow, just wow.
bernd salewski 1 year ago

Beautiful images of decay. music is a bit awkward.
Luis Javier Funes 1 year ago

scanning every week for five years gives you 8 or 9 seconds of footage i think... from my point of view, cropping the original image was a really good idea, you have more details, beatiful frames, even when you´re watching the same footage looping. Great work man!
françois vautier 1 year ago

l
effectivly
thank for your interest.

+fv
bart zmuda 1 year ago

Very good Idea man!!! Really creative!
Matt Odom 1 year ago

True artistry takes patience, which you seem to have in spades. Congrats.
art IS twitter art 1 year ago

art IS installing an ant colony inside a scanner and scanning tHE nest each week for five Years twitter.com/art_IS_/status/20084517863
Joda Films 1 year ago

This is awesome. What dedication!
Lucas te Marvelde 1 year ago

What am i seeing here. Electronic components for instance. Is it the inside of the scanner, and do i just see photographs, and not the scans itself?
onuryayla 1 year ago

its antistique
Joe Moya 1 year ago

what a concept... dedicated creativity
Derrick G-L 1 year ago

it reminds me of a Zerg colony
Jason Ozaeta 1 year ago

Very interesting. Like the originality of this!
Matthew Skibicki 1 year ago

i like how you 'installed' an ant colony.
Marco Sperling 1 year ago

Was that bright white smear at 1:05 the ant queen or just a lot of ants ghosting?
I imagined this to be her white belly ... cool video :)
michal brzezinski 1 year ago

beauty! i want to have it on dvd or in big format - i want to show it in IN OUT Festival in CSW Laznia and in my gallery! perfect! beauty, light and easy going, very conceptual, humorous, and very very deep in the technology, ecology.... yes i very like it, :)
françois vautier 1 year ago

m
thank for your interest
i agree to your request

+fv
Tom Blachford 1 year ago

this is a wonderful community, and although i applaud your effort involved in your work, and usually look down on people who post negative comments.... this music really screws up your clips. there are numerous more modern and audibly pleasing genres you could have used, this garish techno synth crap has no place in wonderfully creative videos such as yours.
Jared Levy 1 year ago

This music is modern. It is made by Infected Mushroom. The band is from Tel Aviv and travels the world filling out sports stadium size arenas. In some unfortunately sad way I can understand why you would immediately throw out descriptions like "garish techno synth crap" but in reality this is a band that includes drums and a guitar. To watch these guys play this type of music live with real instruments helps you appreciate its artistry.
rory magnus 1 year ago

This is so F***ing awesome. I love being able to watch as nature slowly takes hold in a totally synthetic environment and reclaims it. A very powerful message delivered in an exquisitely beautiful and creative way.
Fou Brown 1 year ago

i've loved it!!
Gauth 1 year ago

Vraiment cool! Comme quoi la patience paye.. ; )
endolith 1 year ago

I don't get it. You put a mirror on the scanner so it could scan itself?
Martyn Randles 1 year ago

amazing work! 5 years of dedication, i love it, congrats sir :)
Brice Clocher 1 year ago

So great! Loved it!
Soe Lin 1 year ago

Cool vid. But my question is how you could "scan" when it looks like the electronic boards and chips in the scanner have already been deteriorated and weathered. ?? Are you saying the scanner never broke?
Alexander Kluge 1 year ago

I don't know exactly how you did (I know by scanning) but still it's not transparent to me...*hmm*

Artistically great!!
godino 1 year ago

Super,great video!
marc russo 1 year ago

I am going to have to say I love this idea. I have loved ant farms for a while and this is a unique perspective on them.
Thanks for the live and scans

Marc
insectkits.com
reaktorplayer 1 year ago

Just WOW!
Paul Davis 1 year ago

Unreal! Surreal! Amazing!
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kyogen 1 year ago

one of the most interesting videos on this site
Digital Media Jockey 1 year ago

very creative work. Thank you.
Little Shiva 1 year ago

génial!
PrackVJ 1 year ago

it's amazing! i love the "david bowie outside era/ marilyn manson" video style... as someone says looks lovely creepy... congrats too!
Agostino Zamboni 1 year ago

Evil genius is reductive! and Bravo too! Wordless
Retner 1 year ago

excellent!
Bud Latanville 1 year ago

first: your near-pathological patience is to be commended!

second: I wonder what kind of religion the ants may have started based on the weekly "bright light beam" that passed over their community?
idalimage 1 year ago

GRRRRR ARGHHHHH mon François

c'est top !

fredo
Charles Senard 1 year ago

Bravo François, C'est AWESOME!
A vite - Charles
Kostas Petsas 1 year ago

Absolutely awesome original idea. And great patience too :)