Mandelbrot Zoom: Bach, Fractals, and The Art of Fugue (HD)

A mesmerizing, elegant, and deep journey into the Mandelbrot set . This is the full 3 minute version of the fractal animation from the music documentary "BACH & friends." Michael Lawrence's beautiful film features some of the world's greatest musicians performing and reflecting on the genius of Bach: http://www.mlfilms.com/productions/bach_project/

There is a poetic connection between the music of Bach and the famous fractal known as the Mandelbrot set. Bach's compositions represented the height of Baroque sensibilities; intricacy, nested levels of adornment, and the suggestion of infinite space were compelling structural properties in the art and architecture of his day.

Fans of Bach often refer to a sense of endless spirals or wave-like circles-within-circles. Such descriptions are reminiscent of the infinite, Baroque-like detail of the Mandelbrot set. It is striking to see how the sense of motion we experience in this fractal zoom presents a perfect counterpoint to the unfolding of Bach's Contrapunctus IX.

This animation was featured at the 2010 Bridges Short Movie Festival.

-HB

Produced by Harlan Brothers: http://www.brotherstechnology.com/mandelbrot-zoom.html .

Maryland Public Television wants to air "BACH & friends" on NATIONAL PBS! They are offering substantial incentives to foundations or corporations that wish to provide underwriting. It's a widely acclaimed music documentary, filled with world-class musicians and Bach scholars:

http://www.mlfilms.com/productions/bach_project/underwriting_pbs

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Animation
• Art of Fugue
• Bach
• Benoit Mandelbrot
• baroque
• classical music
• fractals
• Mandelbrot set
• mathematics
• music
• zoom
• Mandelbrot zoom
• fractal zoom

[Universality777]

One of the best fractal vids I've seen yet! This is the highest form of art man has found to date. I love all the fractal vids, but this one stands out from the crowd!

[hjbrothers]

@Universality777 Thank you for your kind comment! Combine the genius of Bach with the genius of Mandelbrot and... Voila! One of the cool things about this particular animation is that Bach's Contrapunctus IX happens to be an example of fractal music. It possesses fractal structure, in a statistical sense, with respect to melodic intervals.

[OtterPops22]

closest thing I have gotten to jumping into a piece of art... wonderful journey!

[hjbrothers]

@OtterPops22 How artfully said and very kind of you!

[MeMyselfMax]

This is Gorgeous!

[tejaK]

Awesome indeed!:)

[MsElyag]

For my first introduction to fractals..that was fantastic!

[EhecVirus]

beautiful

[PreuschoffPerrier]

wonderful! greetings Inge

[musicp8r]

reminds me of GEB! :)

[monkeys55]

This both looks and sounds like God.

[ericnathanmusic]

Love it! Just incredible!