Quarxs

© The Quarxs

Maurice Benayoun

Quarxs ,
Co-workers & Funding
with Francois Schuiten
Documents
  • The Quarxs
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  • Video Short Films
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Description
Quarxs was one of the earliest computer animated series (3D Computer graphics, 12 films on total of three minutes each). Persiflage of science shows on TV, playful and fantastic exploration of digital graphics and questioning the order of things in the Digital Age. The 12 short films, broadcast by France 3 and Canal+, create a pseudoscience around fictitous (digital?) beings called quarxs, who have always been here, but are only now being discovered...
Keywords
  • aesthetics
    • animated
  • genres
    • digital graphics
  • subjects
    • Art and Science
      • history of science
      • scientific images
    • Arts and Visual Culture
      • animations
    • Media and Communication
      • television
    • Technology and Innovation
      • artificial life
  • technology
    • displays
Technology & Material
Software
SOFTIMAGE (Silicon Graphics)
3D Computer Graphics