Time for Space, Miguel Soares 2000

Time for Space
miguel soares 2000
3d animation, stereo sound, 5'00''
voice: Lula Pena and João Simões
sound design: Ari de Cravalho
text: João Simões

"(...) Miguel Soares is a science fiction artist, someone who makes futuristic works that comment on aspects of contemporary human life.
His Time for Space (2000) is perfect editorial on Portugal's present moment. Like some futuristic tourism commercial, Soares' frolicking UFOs
call upon us to journey with them to fantastic places where we can finally gain an all-encompassing sense of belonging. However, we are never made to feel sure what the purpose of belonging is. While the upbeat tone of the work indicates positive possibilities, there is a subtle undercurrent that suggests that we are being invited to some darker cultish or militaristic venture. Soares' delicious ambiguity relates back to the reason I felt the title Situation Zero was such an apropriate description of the state of portuguese contemporary artmaking: the possibilities of its future are promising yet unknown."
René de Guzman, in Situation Zero: Recent Art from Portugal. Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. San Francisco. USA, August 2001
.
In a society located in a distant future, the promises of happiness are packed with images and sounds of publicity: images of flying saucers
flying over seas and crossing the universe are underlined by alienating music and the reading of a text promoting wonderful journeys into unknown worlds.
As one understands at the end of the video, the shift from a feminine voice to a masculine one signals the shift from an travel agency campaign into a military enrolment one. The illusion of adventure and freedom co-exists with the nightmare of a dictatorial society aimed towards the control of individuals.
Miguel Wandschneider, in SlowMotion,Caldas da Rainha, 2001

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• miguel
• soares
• time
• for
• space
• migso
• 3d
• animation
• ufo
• ufos
• ovni
• ovnis
• lula
• pena

[Lightcycle]

It has some great potential... a bit on the choppy though.

Keep at it I look forward to seeing more.

[chibbbo]

thanks, this is the second of about 11 3d animations i made in the last 8 years. I'ts easy to find more of them right here.

but be warned, they are all choppy, i'm not a 3d animation expert. what i did is naive 3d using very cheap and very easy programs.

[Lightcycle]

cool I'll definitely take a look at them thanks for lettin' me know. What cheap programs did you use? I thought it was bryce (which isn't exactly athe cheapest one around)

[chibbbo]

well, bryce costs $99 and you guessed it right!

[Publisher1000]

Very nice!

[edesaute]

The music is "Morticia" by Combustible Edison.

[FanFanOfSlimShady]

Wow scary but it was such a great video!:)

[eX1music]

Wow! I liked this Video alot :-) I am working with Bryce myself but also use Vue and Poser for Animations. I also am a beginner at this and there is so much to learn and explore. I love it. Anyway this was a real treat to watch. Very well done :-) Jim aka eX1

[06sterling]

Mexican Airlines? Heh this looks neat but i can't help but hear some sexual enuendo. I'll check out your other stuff.

[GuiltySpark347]

i didnt kno music like this exist