Magicicada
a 17 year stop motion animation project,
2007, 2024, 2041
Magicicada
is a three-part animated cycle constructed
with found natural objects, molten cicada exoskeletons,
LED lights, dead insects, and lichen beds from the
Moravian countryside. The series' production mirrors
the cicada brood cycle of 17 years, an emergence period
synchronized to mathematical regularity for survival.
This
piece was produced
collaboratively with animator, sculptor, puppeteer, and
fellow SAICer Carey Richards, at the Academy of Fine
Arts in Prague.
Watch
an excerpt from the project (click here to
see it in HD)
This map is intended to portray only an approximate,
present-day cicada brood distribution that was used in
the production of this film.:
Credits
Direction/
Field Production - Yoni Goldstein,
Carey Richards
