WoodSwimmer

WoodSwimmer from bfophoto on Vimeo.

A music video made entirely from wood for a song by bedtimes.xxx/music, WoodSwimmer is based on a concept I developed while designing a new stop-motion universe where wood is the primary element. The sequences are cross-sectional photographic scans of pieces of hardwood, burls and branches. It is a straightforward technique but one which is brutally tedious to complete.

Thank you to colossal for the premiere! thisiscolossal.com/2017/06/woodswimmer-stop-motion-film/

More about the film at bfophoto.com/

More tunes at soundcloud.com/bedtimes

Photo prints of the images below are available at: bfophoto.com/#woodswimmer-section

Nobody Beats the Drum – Grindin’

Nobody Beats the Drum – Grindin' from Rogier van der Zwaag on Vimeo.

This stop-motion film is based around an intensely choreographed sequence of 4085 photographs of wooden blocks reacting, or dancing perhaps, in sync with the music.
Made for my own collective, Nobody Beats the Drum