by Marlène Arévalo | Jan 22, 2025
Project Info
Client
Alan Bogana
Year
2024
Summary
Restless Glows is an experimental video project exploring the relationships between light, the human body and technology. Drawing on speculative research that brings together contemporary utopias and ancient archetypes associated with artificial lighting, the project examines cultural influences between Western and East Asian contexts.
The work combines CGI animation with footage captured in China, Switzerland and Italy. Its animated sequences feature ethereal, luminous and constantly evolving avatars brought to life through motion capture.
For Restless Glows, Artanim captured the movements of two body-flying performers in a vertical wind tunnel using an Xsens inertial suit, as well as dance performances recorded in the studio with the Vicon optical motion capture system.
Credits
Indoor skydiving performers
Benjamin Guex, Olivier Longchamp (RealFly Sion)
Butoh dancer
Flavia Ghisalberti
Motion capture
Artanim
Supported by
Pro Helvetia
by artanim | Aug 15, 2016
Project Info
Client
Simon Tschachtli
Year
2016
Summary
Manuel’s Dance of Death is an animated short film created for the exhibition Mercenary, Iconoclast, Dancer of Death – Niklaus Manuel and the Reformation Period at the Bernisches Historisches Museum.
The film is based on Niklaus Manuel’s Dance of Death, a mural cycle of 24 scenes depicting Death dancing with figures from across society, including an emperor, a queen, an abbot, a soldier, a beggar, a cook, and a mother with her child.
Choreographer Nina Stadler and dancer Fhunyue Gao created an expressive performance inspired by the original imagery. Artanim captured the dance through motion capture and contributed to the animation of the film.
Credits
Client
Bernisches Historisches Museum, Bern
Project
Mercenary, Iconoclast, Dancer of Death – Niklaus Manuel and the Reformation Period (October 13, 2016 – April 17, 2017)
Concept, 3D modeling and secondary animation
Simon Tschachtli
Choreography
Nina Stadler
Dancer
Fhunyue Gao
Motion capture and animation
Artanim
Music
Salvatore Sciarrino, Annalena Fröhlich
by artanim | Apr 20, 2016
Project Info
Client
Quentin Lannes
Year:
2016
Summary
The Next Round is a fiction project by Swiss artist Quentin Lannes exploring the body, sport and virtual interaction through boxing.
The project imagines two boxers located hundreds of kilometers apart, each fighting a digital representation of the other. Their movements are captured and transmitted through motion capture, creating a confrontation that unfolds simultaneously across physical and virtual spaces.
For The Next Round, Artanim captured the movements of boxers in action to support the development of the project.
Credits
Director
Quentin Lannes
Actors
Julien Calvete, Erdal Kiran
Motion capture
Artanim
by artanim | Apr 15, 2015
Project Info
Client
Gexfix SA
Year
2015
Summary
Gexfix 3D Animations is a series of four animations created for Gexfix to illustrate the range of motion possible with different external fixation devices.
For each product, the animations show how a patient can move while wearing the corresponding fixator, helping communicate the functional characteristics of the device.
Artanim created the animations primarily from motion capture data, using 3D models of the fixators and skeleton provided by Gexfix.
