Plots of the Everyday

September 7, 2017 9:31 AM

Unendurable Line. "There’s simply no compelling way to describe this unusual short film from director Daihei Shibata which attempts to plot the movement of everyday objects such as a light switch or a spring as a real-time graph. Sibata explains this as a film that expresses “the various thresholds hidden in everyday life.” OK, interesting enough, but when paired with a score by the EX NOVO Chamber Choir—turn up the volume—it suddenly becomes completely amazing. "
posted by storybored (5 comments total)

Forgot to add - the link mentioned in the bottom of the FPP is well worth checking out: "The Beauty of Mathematics - a visual demonstration of math in everyday life"
posted by storybored at 9:38 AM on September 7, 2017 [1 favorite]

Quite lovely.
posted by brambleboy at 10:07 AM on September 7, 2017

I don't know if I've ever seen such a succinct and striking illustration highlighting the narrative dimension that music carries and can imbue other things with.
posted by wildblueyonder at 10:50 AM on September 7, 2017 [2 favorites]

I could have watched ninety minutes of that and not gotten bored. And the choir is the majority of the reason.
posted by ejs at 12:48 AM on September 8, 2017 [1 favorite]

It was over too soon!
posted by BaffledWaffle at 5:13 AM on September 9, 2017