Red

A 60 second animated video, 1024 x 1024, 24 fps

Random images on a red theme take us through creation and destruction, fear, valor, and love.

“First it was busy, and now the machine. Are you alone?”

“I felt lonely last night.

What did you do?

I slept with your jacket the whole night.

I'd like you to tell me in detail about that dream you had.

You were 50 years old, and you were happy.

In this dream...was there anyone else?

There was.

Who?

You woke up...and smiled at someone next to you. I don't know who.

And that's what will happen...in 20 or 25 years?

Yes.

What else do you know? Who are you?

A retired judge.

It feels like something important is happening around me... and it scares me.

Is that better? I used to come here often.

Where did you usually sit?

Where I sat today. That's why you couldn't see me. One day, during intermission, the strap around my books broke. One large book fell all the way down... somewhere around there. It was just before my exams. I ran down immediately. The book had opened to a random page. I read a few sentences. It was the question they asked during my exam.

-- Adapted, from Krzysztof Kieslowski: Three Colors: Red

Who are the Companions of the Crimson Ark?

I often begin with photographs, or generated or hand-painted images, and then I may use image processing or artificial intelligence processes to transform them into beautiful organic mysteries.

-- Carl Fravel https://fravel.net/art