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_grau is a personal reflection on memories coming up during a car accident, where past events emerge, fuse, erode and finally vanish ethereally … various real sources where distorted, filtered and fitted into a sculptural structure to create not a plain abstract, but a very private snapshot of a whole life within its last seconds …

Media critic Matt Hanson, author of The End of Celluloid and founder of onedotzero festival says: "_grau appeals to me because it is organo-tech. it does not deliberately ape the abstract pioneers of abstract cinema, and it is worlds away from the motion graphic masturbation of many of those enamoured by digital animation. seidel's work is impressionistic, melding biological and emotional currents. out of amorphous shapes we make out bones, heads, a hand. a spirit leaving the body. at least, this is what i sense out of the chaos of galactic reconfigurations, neurological connections, and biological forms. this is a powerful piece of digital animation precisely because it does not feel like such, it feels emotional, epic. and once you release the background to the animation--communicating a 'coming to terms' with the aftermath of a car accident--you realise why."

Robert Seidel | 10:01 minutes | Germany 2004 | 2minds.de
  • Kurtis Hough plus 3 years ago
    let me be the first to comment on this wonderfully strange and creative film. i've seen it several times and seem to enjoy it more in time.
  • Meat Bingo plus 6 months ago
    I'm very late to this but this is outstanding
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  • AntiVJ / Joanie plus 3 years ago
    I think this is one of my fav organic film ever.. No idea how you can produce such amazing textures and volumes..

    !!
  • Robert Seidel plus 3 years ago
    Thanks a lot! _grau is not really about the technique although it wouldn't be possible without it. The key is the hidden narration, so everything you see is flowing and intervening from the same basis, just offering different perspectives on the event...
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  • jup i think the same .... props rob
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  • Monumental piece of work, very well done. Outstanding sound design too.
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  • George Toledo plus 2 years ago
    This is great.
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  • think. 2 years ago
    great! a HD version would be nice
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  • Robert Seidel plus 2 years ago
    There is a HD version of it, good point ... I'll think about it ...
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  • pekka plus 2 years ago
    cool. makes me curious about the whole creation process. And nerd stuff, like software etc :)
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  • Axiom Crux 2 years ago
    Bar none this is the best abstract digital animation Ive ever seen. Every day I spend creating is to inch closer to creating something with a depth close to what you have achieved.
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  • Mark Hill 2 years ago
    I remember the first time i saw this and it blew my mind. It is still to this day one of my favourite peices, just simply mesmorizing and completely immersive! Thankyou so much for your work :D
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  • Mr.Cantos plus 2 years ago
    iNSANE.
    aBSOLUTELY AMAZING.
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  • Jonathan Jindra 2 years ago
    Absolutely astounding. My whole day feels different now.
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  • Evgeniy Braun 2 years ago
    food for mind. I very like this video ano sound. this is from aliens )
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  • sellegr 2 years ago
    Completely and totally epic.
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  • Robert Seidel plus 2 years ago
    The HD version is online as a christmas present, before it was only shown in museums and galleries in this detail and quality. Enjoy :)
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  • ZEITGUISED plus 2 years ago
    i am being merry now! thank you robert.
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  • I don't know what it is, but it looks great and pretty unique too.
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  • beetlebum 2 years ago
    Hallo Robert,

    ich bin in "Generative Gestaltung" wieder darüber gestolpert. Ziemlich schnieke!!!

    Grüße.
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  • Lucky Dog Records 2 years ago
    i was looking for this for some time its great work
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  • Robby Cornish 2 years ago
    this is crazy!
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  • langustart plus 2 years ago
    wow
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  • shape+colour 2 years ago
    this is simply one of the greatest pieces of motion design ever. and in HD, even better.

    shapeandcolour.wordpress.com/2010/01/04/robert-seidel-_grau-hd/
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  • MichalH 2 years ago
    Amazing!!!
    It reminds me the shapes created by the Neural system.
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  • katinka minka 2 years ago
    I'm impressed!
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  • W. Scott Morris 2 years ago
    You've given me a great idea...Thanx
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  • welcome mister seidel! now we are located at your boat.
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  • Bernard Dumaine 2 years ago
    Really good, congrats !
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  • Fabien Leon (FAB) plus 2 years ago
    awesome
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  • mpared plus 2 years ago
    amazing posted at the curious brain
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  • arcevimeo 2 years ago
    beatiful!
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  • Diego Rampelini 2 years ago
    ...!!! great
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  • Midia Quatro 2 years ago
    Uau.....amazing!
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  • Sky David 2 years ago
    Creation of worlds within worlds. Living presence!
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  • aaro 1 year ago
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  • Jef Samaroon 1 year ago
    Electronic Art. Im loving it!
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  • wittydo 11 months ago
    outstanding work, would be great to see this on a huge screen and live music.
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  • Robert Seidel plus 6 months ago
    Thank you for these beautiful words...

    I'm very happy to know that some people have seen it multiple times and still find it interesting. Hopefully I find time one day to create a new, equally complex short movie but 9 months for this level of research and spacial/spatial concepts are hard to free-up...
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  • john fitzgerald plus 8 months ago
    epic haunting wonderful work. congratulations!
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  • Rob Rossi 5 months ago
    This is great... though it completely stands up on it's own, I wish Coldplay would've hired you to do a music video to "A Rush of Blood to the Head" ...a lot of parts in this remind me of that album cover and I think you could bring it to it's full tuition. This is outstanding. I definitely will be coming back to this one for a long time. Thanks for the inspiration.
  • Robert Seidel plus 5 months ago
    Thank you very much! This would have been an interesting project ... so far only one music video -> vimeo.com/2669109

    And FYI Futures will be released in HD in some weeks!
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