Supernova is an experimental 4K art film directed and designed by Maxim Zhestkov. Everything around and inside us was conceived in a huge explosion of a star billions of years ago… and, probably, recycled from other matrices myriad times. In this eternal carousel of matter, particles gather, form complicated structures and then burst into all directions fusing atoms together and producing new elements and points of view, new colours and patterns of perception. Explosions could be perceived as a destructive force and the process of tearing previously formed matter apart and, therefore, could have negative connotations; however, fundamentally, only the process of breaking familiar structures and rearranging them into new, more sophisticated shapes could kindle new meanings and ideas and be the main creative force forming the future. In the art film, we made computer simulations with millions of particles to explore the behaviour and the beauty of the creative force of destruction. The art film was initiated as the title sequence for FITC 2019 / Amsterdam and produced by www.Zhestkov.Studio. Design, Direction: Maxim Zhestkov Sound: Maxim Zhestkov Executive Producer: Igor Sordokhonov Technical Director: Artur Gadzhiev

Supernova - Art film by Maxim Zhestkov

May 07, 2019 by Arseny Vesnin in 2019, Digital Art, Motioncollector, Russia, Portfolios

Supernova is an experimental 4K art film directed and designed by Maxim Zhestkov and made in Zhestkov.Studio

“Everything around and inside us was conceived in a huge explosion of a star billions of years ago… and, probably, recycled from other matrices myriad times. In this eternal carousel of matter, particles gather, form complicated structures and then burst into all directions fusing atoms together and producing new elements and points of view, new colours and patterns of perception. “

“Explosions could be perceived as a destructive force and the process of tearing previously formed matter apart and, therefore, could have negative connotations; however, fundamentally, only the process of breaking familiar structures and rearranging them into new, more sophisticated shapes could kindle new meanings and ideas and be the main creative force forming the future.”

The art film was initiated as the title sequence for @FITC 2019 / Amsterdam.

@zhestkov

The Song of Love, Giorgio de Chirico, 1914

Elia's CGI interpretation

CGI Classic Art

May 07, 2019 by Arseny Vesnin in 2019, Digital Art, Italy, Portfolios

To recreate art in 3D is not a new thing but young digital artist Elia Pellegrini went a bit different way and brought classic art under a new light

"Hypatia" or "The female thinker" by Julius Kronberg (1889)

"Flagellation of Christ" or "Human misunderstanding" by Caravaggio (1607-1608)

"Bacco" or "The man who can't hold his awearness" by Caravaggio (1596-1598)

"Saint Jermaine" or "Ancient creator" by Caravaggio (1850)

"David with the Golia's head" or "David with the head of sins" by Caravaggio (1609-1610)

"Woman with a parasol" or "Woman with the sun" by Claude Monet (1830)

@elia_pelle

For Land O’Lakes’ SxSW “The Copernicus Project”, we immersed viewers on all sides with visuals & sounds, crafting a thrilling ride through the biodiversity of our food systems. Client: Land O’Lakes Production & VFX: Aggressive/Loop Creative Directors: Alex Topaller, Alex Mikhaylov, Daniel Shapiro, Art Director: Alex Mikhaylov CG Supervisor: Max Chelyadnikov Producer: Alexander Aab 3D Artists: Artemy Perevertin, Vitaliy Babich, Daniil Rybkin 2D Artist: Vladimir Tomin Production Manager: Won Cha Sound Design & Music: Smider

The Copernicus Project

May 06, 2019 by Arseny Vesnin in Russia, 2019, USA, Digital Art, Advertising, Motioncollector

For Land O’Lakes “The Copernicus Project” at SxSW 2019, Aggressive collaborated with Loop Agency to create an immersive installation surrounding viewers with visuals and sound, crafting a thrilling ride through the biodiversity of world’s food system

Client: Land O’Lakes
Production & VFX: Aggressive/Loop

Creative Directors: Alex Topaller, Alex Mikhaylov, Daniel Shapiro,
Art Director: Alex Mikhaylov
CG Supervisor: Max Chelyadnikov
Producer: Alexander Aab
3D Artists: Artemy Perevertin, Vitaliy Babich, Daniil Rybkin
2D Artist: Vladimir Tomin @tomin.works
Production Manager: Won Cha
Sound Design & Music: Smider

@loop_moscow

Concept illustration by Daria Ozerova

May 03, 2019 by Arseny Vesnin in 2019, Art, Ukraine, Portfolios

Ukrainian artist Daria Ozerova creates illustration and characters leaving a lot of space for thoughts for a viewer

@ozero__

Mill+ Director Ilya Abulkhanov opened Offf Barcelona 2019 with the debut of his sci-fi short film ‘ARXIV’. ARXIV (pronounced ‘archive’) is an immersive sci-fi family drama is set in two time frames: the deep future, that is left with no future, and the near future, that will bring about the eventual dystopian collapse of society. Protagonist Lew Aron survives both time frames and is set to discover a potential outlet to confront his innermost desire, or what’s left of it. Directed by Ilya Abulkhanov Screenplay by R. John Lewis Based on Characters Developed by Ilya Abulkhanov Director of Photography Sean Bagley Edited by Andy McGraw Produced by Gabriel Blanco and Elizabeth Newman Executive Producers Zu Al-Kadiri Phil Crowe Stephen Venning Ian Bearce Enca Kaul Rani Melendez Cast: Lew Michael Curylo Kelly Britt Harris Doctor K. Gregory Niebel May Vienna Weaver Colleague Elijah Howard Doorman Jon Harris Secretary Lucy Boryer Anchor Azize Erim Girl Reading Book Linda Aleman Patient Erick Medal Diner Patron Ruth Banks Mataya Diner Patron Willard Riley Diner Patron Michael A. Rubio Co-Worker Hiwot Yimer Co-Worker Canaan Dewey Co-Worker Victoria Johnson Welder Giovanni Della Pace Casting by Danielle Eskinazi Production Designer Evi Ellias Costume Designer Agga B. Raya Original Music By Jesse Solomon Clark Sound Design & Mix by Beacon Street Studios First Assistant Director Miles Johnstone Edited by Andy McGraw / Cartel Assistant Scott Beatty Producer Greer Bratschie Executive Producer Lauren Bleiweiss Associate Producer James Morse Skyler Wahl Production Coordinator Matt Fulton 2nd Assistant Director Rochely Zapata Production Assistant Production Sound Mixer Ellie Bootorich Offline Sound Mix Cyrus Shahmir Art Department Leila Ryndak Property Master Giovanni Della Pace Leadman Shelby Strong Set Dresser Prerna Chawla Buyer Angel Herrera Shopper Make-up by Victoria Payne Camera 1st Assistant Camera Nick Cutway 2nd Assistant Camera / Loader Rob Reaves Key Grip & Gaffer Lev Abrahamian G&E Driver Sam Le Bas G/E Swing Aram Martirosyan and Conor Long Visual Effects by The Mill Creative Director Ilya Abulkhanov VFX Supervisor / Project Lead Lee Nelson Art Director Sidney Tan Lead Motion Designer Woosung Kang Technical Director / 2D Lead Justin Sucara 2nd Technical Director Greg Park Motion Design Artists Taehoon Park Kyle Moore Jan Sladecko Sasha Vinogradova Maxim Goudin Greg Park Anastasia Skrebneva Post Producer Moira Mahoney Post Production Coordinator Matthew Fulton VFX Supervisor / Creative Lead James Allen CG Supervisor Manjunath Shivaprasad 2D Supervisor Rakesh Venugopalan Asset Supervisor Anish Mohan Line Producer R Anuraj Production Coordinators Noan John Vinod Nathan Niamehr Mimi Milligan Fx: Biswajit Tarafdar 3D Artists: Kartik Arora Asis Kumar Mahakhud Sivasubramanian Sudakshina Sridharan Vittal Kuntla Abdul Rehman Amit Patil Asit Midya Kalidas Patil  2D Artists Roman Yavorsky Franz Kol Lenz Kol KaiChun Tsai Evan Langley Stephen Paragone Rob Winfield Tim Robbins Gavin Marler Jeff Langlois Alex Candlish Patrick Dirks Lisa Kim Ahmed El-Azma Roger Cerqua Badrinath Chinimilli P.K. Sajith Prasanna Bhatt Ramanjaneyulu Thota Shivam Shukla Vinod Gopinathan Matte Painting Bill Lu Bijo Joy Jobin Jacob Netra Mankar Priyanka Telang Modeling Joel Kittle Tracking Michael Lori Elizabeth Hammer Danny Garcia Rotoscoping & Tracking TRACE Colorist Adam Scott Color Assistant Logan Highlen Color Senior Producer Liza Kerlin Color Coordinator Jessica Amburgey Mural Paintings by Sidney Tan Yi-Jen Liu Hyoyeon Lee Design Support Eunhae Yoo Casting Department Danielle Eskinazi / Casting CCDA Casting Assistant Katie O’Connor Costume Design Assistant Madeline Northway Title Design by Ilya Abulkhanov Woosung Kang Taehoon Park Lee Nelson  Special Thanks Robin Shenfield Dee Allen Chris Harlowe Dan Roberts Chris Knight Glyn Tebbutt Film Processing by FotoKem Cameras Provided by Keslow Cameras and Robot Heart Co. Shot on Arriflex Cameras and Kodak Film Film Scanning by Technicolor Grip and Electric Equipment Provided by G&J Grip

OFFF 2019 Open Film

May 03, 2019 by Arseny Vesnin in 2019, OFFF, Motioncollector

Our second encounter with OFFF Festival was in 2009 where Prologue then lead by Ilya Abulkhanov presented event’s Main Titles in a sci-fi post-soviet “Kin-dza-dza” way. Little did we know that 10 years later, now Mill+ director, Ilya, will be invited to present 15-minutes “ARXIV”, a post human drama and indeed a continuation of original 2009 short movie.

ARXIV is an immersive sci-fi family drama is set in two time frames: the deep future, that is left with no future, and the near future, that will bring about the eventual dystopian collapse of society. Protagonist Lew Aron survives both time frames and is set to discover a potential outlet to confront his innermost desire, or what’s left of it.

Now in its 19th year, OFFF is regarded as one of the world’s most influential creativity festivals. OFFF consists of three-days of conferences, workshops, activities, and performances. It takes place in Barcelona annually, before appearing around the world as ‘OFFF on Tour’ with the next happens in Moscow

@millchannel

@offfest

Ana Godis

April 29, 2019 by Arseny Vesnin in 2019, Illustration, Portfolios, Ukraine

Ana Godis is talented editorial illustrator from Odessa, Ukraine beside commercial work is focused on still life comics available on her Patreon for subscribers

@ana_godis

Melania Brescia

April 29, 2019 by Arseny Vesnin in 2019, Spain, Portfolios, Photography, USA, TOP 2019

Melania Brescia creates self-portraits in a way of Phoenix bird, resurrecting from ashes each time she takes a camera and ignites imagination. Born in the southern part of Andalusia heart - Malaga, she moved to US but took the medieval fire of Spanish cultural melting pot with her.

@melaniabrescia

Mercedes deBellard

April 26, 2019 by Arseny Vesnin in 2019, Illustration, Portfolios, Spain

Madrid based illustrator Mercedes deBellard creates stunning floral portraits for editorial and commercial projects

@mercedes_debellard

Samuel De Maré

April 26, 2019 by Arseny Vesnin in 2019, Art, Belgium, Portfolios

The work of fine artist Samuel de Mare is in a perpetual state of flux. His paintings constantly change focus, taking different paths through a scene to try to capture his intention. Following the frustrations and decisions within his process becomes part of the joy.

@samuel_de_mare

As a part of new season campaign for London Symphony Orchestra, we created a film driven by motion capture of Sir Simon Rattle. Expressing the enormous power and complexity of the orchestra and tracing it back to a single seed. Music: Nimrod' from Elgar’s Variations on an Original Theme, ‘Enigma’, conducted by Sir Simon Rattle. Created by: http://alexasirbu.com/ http://lukasvojir.com/ Agency: https://www.superunion.com/

London Symphony Orchestra - Roots and Origins

April 25, 2019 by Arseny Vesnin in 2019, Digital Art, Motioncollector, Portfolios, United Kingdom

As a part of new season campaign for London Symphony Orchestra, duo Alexa Sirbu and Lukas Vojir created a film driven by motion capture of Sir Simon Rattle. Expressing the enormous power and complexity of the orchestra and tracing it back to a single seed.

@alexa_sirbu

@lukasvojir

Kit Bennett

April 25, 2019 by Arseny Vesnin in 2019, Street Art, Canada

Kitt Bennett is a Melbourne based artist, specialising in illustration and murals. He paints large illustrative murals on the ground. The almost literal “street” art is best seen from a bird’s eye view and features people, objects, and skeletons that contort around their respective spaces as if they fell from the sky.

@kitt_bennett

Aakash Nihalani

April 24, 2019 by Arseny Vesnin in 2019, USA, Portfolios, Art

“Aakash Nihalani is known for his illusionist interventions that push the boundaries between two and three dimensions. Though he started off using using tape to form ephemeral installations, in the last few years Nihalani has moved into more permanent territory, working with wood and metal to form free-standing and wall-mounted sculptures.”

@aakashnihalani

Kwang Young Chun

April 24, 2019 by Arseny Vesnin in 2019, Art, South Korea, Portfolios

“South Korean artist Kwang Young Chun wraps tiny geometric packages in paper and combines them into massive wall-mounted and freestanding assemblages. Each composition is composed of thousands of individual mulberry paper parcels, carefully toned with tea and pigment and including the abstracted characters that allude to the paper’s origins as old documents. The works, which Chun refers to as ‘agreggations’, feature gradations in color and smooth craters within their highly textured surfaces.”

@kwangyoungchun

Shane O'Malley

April 23, 2019 by Arseny Vesnin in 2019, Ireland, Street Art, Portfolios

Shane O’Malley is an Irish artist who has emerged from Ireland’s vibrant graffiti subculture. He works in the mediums of paint, murals and art installations, creates art workshops and corporate art projects. Originally from Navan, Shane now resides in Galway city and has exhibited and painted nationally and internationally.

@shaneomalleyart

Andrew Hem

April 23, 2019 by Arseny Vesnin in 2019, Illustration, Portfolios, USA

“Los Angeles-based artist Andrew Hem (previously) paints stylised scenes of solitary figures caught in moments of motion, introspection, and reverence. While integrated into their surroundings through carefully modulated color palettes, the figures’ floating poses and distant expressions suggest a dreamlike state. In an artist statement, Hem cites an early interest in graffiti as informing his current narrative style, which he creates with a combination of gouache, oil, and acrylic paint.”

In a surreal future, humanity has been transformed beyond any and all recognition by the echo chambers of social media. Shot entirely on iPhone 7 in the Montréal underground, FILTRATE is an exploration of digital connectivity and physical isolation. BEHIND THE SCENES: https://vimeo.com/325916864/8d380f2e65 World Premiere // 2018 Fantasia Film Festival US Premiere // 2019 Slamdance Film Festival Gallery Exhibition // Centre Never Apart - Montreal, QC WWW.FILTRATE.FILM —- Dans un futur surréel, les chambres d’écho de nos réseaux sociaux actuels divisent l’humanité en espèces disparates. Enfouis sous terre parmi un univers vaste et déserté, cinq personnages tentent de se connecter. Tourné entièrement sur iPhone 7 dans le métro Montréalais, FILTRATE est une exploration de la connectivité numérique et de l’isolation physique.

Filtrate

April 22, 2019 by Arseny Vesnin in 2019, Motioncollector

A new short film titled FILTRATE imagines a future completely saturated with technology, where post-human figures interact using rune-like symbols on immersive social media platforms. The film, directed by Mishka Kornai, was created in the public spaces of Montréal’s underground Metro transit system.

“If people retreat into smaller and more idiosyncratic groups, what will the evolutionary trajectory of our society look like? As social groups diverge further and further over the course of generations, when does humanity cease to be just one species?”

WATCH THE FILM: https://vimeo.com/328695563 WATCH THE PROCESS: "A Movement Underground In Eight Parts" by Anna Maria Trudel https://vimeo.com/325578170 ————- The project took over two years to complete, with 43 days of guerilla shooting in the active metro system of Montreal, six months of costume building, and over a year of post production. The film was captured entirely on iPhone 7 using only a wheelchair, a monopod, and a handheld stabilizer. What began as just a short film evolved into something much larger, combining guerrilla filmmaking, performance art, original costume, still photography, and urban exploration. While living in Montreal, director Mishka Kornai, costume designer Odette Mattha, and cinematographer Luke Orlando chose the city’s metro system as the central inspiration for a collaborative project. Each station, designed by a different architect, possesses its own distinct aesthetic, forming a network that is simultaneously interconnected and starkly differentiated like the internet today. Enlisting a team of local dancers, filmmakers, and artists, they created a surreal post-human future and the imaginative beings who populate it. ————— Ce projet a été complété à l’intérieur de 2 ans comprenant 43 jours de tournage guérilla dans le circuit actif du métro de la Ville de Montréal, 6 mois de fabrication de costumes et plus d’un an de post-production. Les équipements utilisés lors de la captation du film sur iPhone 7 furent une chaise-roulante, un monopode et un stabilisateur à main. Ce qu’initialement avait pour but d’être un court métrage se transforma rapidement en projet plus élaboré, combinant plusieurs médiums tels que la réalisation guérilla, l’art de la performance, costumes originaux, photographie et exploration urbaine. Lors de leur séjour à Montréal, Mishka Kornai, réalisateur, Odette Mattha, costumière, et Luke Orlando, cinématographe, ont choisi le métro comme point central d’inspiration pour monter un projet collaboratif. Chaque station dessiné par un architecte différent possède son esthétique distinct, créant un réseau qui paraît à la fois interrelié et totalement disparate tel que nous connaissons l’internet aujourd’hui. Engageant créativement une équipe de danseurs locaux, de cinématographes et artistes, ils ont créé un futur post-humain surréel ainsi que les êtres qui le peupleraient.

@theia.studio

Selfie by Flora Borsi

April 22, 2019 by Arseny Vesnin in 2019, Photography, Portfolios

We follow Flora for quite a long time, and always amazed by each of her new release. This time she literally blended herself into the history by “making” selfie with famous of this world

@floraborsiofficial

Luca Boni

April 18, 2019 by Arseny Vesnin in 2019, Art, Illustration, South African Republic, Portfolios

Artist and illustrator Luca Boni based in Johannesburg creates eerie but eye-catchy artworks

@Artoflucaboni

Conceptual Architectural Renders by Roman Vlasov

April 15, 2019 by Arseny Vesnin in 2019, Architecture, Digital Art, Portfolios

It’s been a while since our last review of Roman’s conceptual CG renders of futuristic buildings. No wonder if only in a matter of few decades we see them in all glory, flesh and bones or any other space material. I bet you giggled but why not? Take a look:

@_vlasov_roman_

Neon Through the Looking-Glass

April 15, 2019 by Arseny Vesnin in 2019, Hong-Kong, Photography, Portfolios, Russia

“People see you and do not see you at the same time. They are focused on their affairs, in their own unusual world. They seem to feel the fluctuation of reality from your presence, from changing the position of the sun, the angle of view, architecture or scenery. But at the same time, it does not matter at all in comparison with their own world and affairs. It’s like going through the looking glass. The world is changing from a different perspective. ”

— Ekaterina Busygina

@busyginakate