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. The
series' production mirrors the cicada brood cycle of
17 years, an emergence period synchronized to the large
prime
number
as a survival mechanism for easy prey.
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
