Issue

Avant-Garde Scientists

October 2016

For our November Issue, we pay homage to modern-day scientists (past, present, and near future) and those who have left an impact for their bold, singular and oftentimes outsider perspectives of our world. Through these fifteen films, we observe the multifaceted work of scientists: inspiration, documentation, and discovery. But we especially learn the many ways a scientist merges a creative process with scientific rigor to break boundaries, challenge paradigms and propels the emergence of new fields and art/science forms.

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Gödel, Incomplete

FILM Australia 2013
Martha Goddard

When an ambitious young physicist stumbles upon what appears to be time travel she becomes inextricably entwined with the life and work of the great logician, Kurt Gödel. Their love story is the poetic reimagining of the inspiration behind Gödel's ill-fated obsession with time.

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Acid Science Underground

FILM Switzerland 2014
Daniel Maszkovitch

Secluded scientist with a shifted sense of reality wanders through the undergrounds of a large experiment facility in search for answers. This debut film was made with almost no budget by two engineers while working at the largest experimental facility in the world, CERN. The idea of shooting Acid S

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Suspended by Sound

FILM Brazil 2015
Tiago Marconi

Researchers from University of São Paulo (USP) have developed a device capable of levitating objects using only sound waves. It could help the manipulation of dangerous materials or sensitive ones, such as compounds that are used in manufacturing of pharmaceutical products.

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25km2

FILM Slovakia 2011
Jana Minarikova

An alchemist draws on the power of lightning to create splendid jewels.

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Scorpion Hunters

FILM USA 2014
Sarah Crespi

Every summer Ashlee Rowe of Michigan State University spends a few weeks catching bark scorpions by the light of the moon. These stinging critters carry venom that is severely painful to humans but certain animals, like the grasshopper mouse, seem to have no reaction. Rowe's team is looking into why

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The Worlds of Dr. Vishniac

FILM USA 1972
Donald F. Hornig

In addition to the candid photography for which he is best known, Vishniac worked heavily in the field of photomicroscopy, and cinemicroscopy. He specialized in photographing living insects and had a talent for arranging the moving specimens in "just the right poses", according to, former president

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Marius Borodine

FILM Canada 2010
Emanuel Hoss-Desmarais

Genius Marius Borodine's spectacular new invention that can transform any and all objects into drinkable water, bewilders the public, scientific communities, and the family of the misunderstood creator, especially after he takes one step too far.

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The Researcher’s Article

FILM France 2014
Charlotte Arene

Watch this film at Physics Reimagined How do scientists publish their discoveries? From first idea to publication, this film takes you through the long, painstaking, but ultimately elating process of a discovery in physics. This film is an animated documentary that deals with the technical, as well

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Avalanche Engineers

FILM United States 2014
Abigail Kent

AVALANCHE ENGINEERS is the story of two scientists who delve deep into the mysteries of the snowpack to find out how a snowflake becomes an avalanche. Filmed in Bozeman, Montana, this mini-doc takes you on a journey from the micro intricacies of snowflake structure to the massive mountainsides where