A survey of our lands and skies from the infinitely small to the infinitely large during the summer days. Here's a selection of films to watch while you get hydrated and in between water escapades.
Deforest is an art/science project that combines environmental critique with material enquiry. In this project, sulphuric acid – a highly corrosive acid that burns to the touch – is used to dissolve photographs of old growth rainforest from subtropical Queensland. Deforestation is one of
When a wide-eyed 10-year-old girl visits her fathers insect laboratory, she receives an unorthodox education in genetics.
How different is one species from the next? How can we distinguish body from mind? In Lilian Mehrel's short film, air is expressed as a verb – to breathe / to air out. Mehrel drew her inspiration from molecular biology, water creatures, the connection between living things, and the importance
Arabidopsis thaliana juxtaposes the implications of injury, development and regeneration for plants, humans and cities, with a nod to one of the most popular plant model organisms in biology and genetics. Narrated by Selima Smith-Dell Cinematography by Toma Peiu & Luiza Pârvu Microscope imager
Stuck in the Past explains the nature of the photon and how it influences the life. We travel through New York from past, present, and future accompanied by your guide and astrophysicist student Moiya McTier Made as part of the Imagine Science Symbiosis Film Competition 2016
Color Condition is a glimpse into the sensory overlap experienced by someone with the neural condition, synesthesia. Synesthetics have an overlapping sensory modality in which stimulation of one sense involuntarily, and simultaneously, triggers another. However, the scientific explanation does littl
Mosaic explores evolution in its natural and artificial forms — the deliberate and random modifications of an organism. As a mixed genre, science-driven anthology film, Mosaic is the first of its kind featuring ten visionary, international filmmakers and stories from the most influential scien
Wearing well is a collaboration between Enrico Milanese, Researcher in Computational Solid Mechanics and Markos Kay, Computational Artist. The film visually reimagines Milanese's research whereby the microscopic effects of contact and wear between materials are studied through the use of high-perfor
An immigrant in New York tries to become a Scarlet Ibis (Eudocimus ruber) bird, so that she can travel back to the Caribbean for her child's birthday party.
A study of ants and the inner life of one who studies them. Recommended Read: Taylor Hart's article " World's first transgenic ants reveal how colonies respond to an alarm" This film was made as part of the Imagine Science Symbiosis competition
What happens when you smell something? This whimsical look at olfaction follows the journey of a smell through the nose. A film by Anna Lindemann and Albana Kodra as part of the Imagine Science Symbiosis Competition Animation by Anna Lindemann. Illustration by Ziael Ponte. Microscopy by Albana Kodra
A whimsical take of what happens when one organism (the parasite) benefits at the expense of the other (the host).
After the death of his grandmother, a Mexican biologist living in New York returns to his hometown nestled in the majestic monarch butterfly forests of Michoacán after many years. The journey forces him to confront past traumas and reflect on his new hybrid identity, launching him on a person
Through the collective memory of a 250 million year old species which has survived two mass extinctions, structures of exploitation, industrial monoculture, and interspecies relations are reframed through the plantationocene.
Agronomists as revolutionaries who sought political change through scientific work An archival, animated history of three scientists who became sparks to political and social revolution from within and beyond the lab. Amílcar Cabral (Guinea-Bissau, Africa), Nikolai Vavilov (Soviet Union), and
I invite you is a sensory journey that illustrates the challenges that the brain faces in our everyday conversations, where the linguistic signal is often unclear, disrupted or obstructed.
Drawing on the wisdom of mitochondrial networks, solar photons, and prehistoric tress, this ode to science asks: how do we resist our most fundamental nature?
The father of neuroscience Santiago Ramón y Cajal wakes up one day with magnified vision. Based on the short story "The Corrected Pessimist" by Santiago Ramon y Cajal Voice over : Carlos Bardem / Brain Images by Jeffrey Lichtman / Animation by Shiv Kachiwala
Rio Arriba [Upriver] is a two-channel film that follows a journey up the Putumayo River in the Colombian Pan Amazon region, revealing a vertical landscape with planetary resonance where indigenous resistance, trees, soils, clouds, light, and shadow inter-exist. Departing from the Siona territory in
When art meets science – and hyperflexible dancing bodies meet their hyperflexible antibodies! Inspired by recent research from Utrecht University's Hecklab and realised in collaboration with video artists from Sensu and performers from the Aerialettes, this artistic video visualises how the b
Human existence leaves behind traces of destruction which tell an absurdly appealing story of the past, reconstructing tales of past existence while simultaneously showing its detrimental effects on the future. The pseudo-documentary PLASTIK aims for a depersonalized self-reflection on human interac
The life of Andrea "La tana" Ruscitti. Inhabitant of the Paulino island of Berisso. The story of a family, the love for the land and the legacy that Andrea defends as a true river lioness.