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2016 · 3m
Directed by ZEITGUISED
Genres: animation, experimental
Tones: contemplative, surreal, theatrical
A fashion and CGI study of handcrafted algorithmic textiles and procedural surfaces, depicting synthetic entities in continuous metamorphosis as simulated garments transform like living organisms through algorithmic pattern modifications, color schemes, and fabric behavior changes.
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178K views without a name artist attached says something about the pure seductiveness of ZEITGUISED's procedural work — but what earns a deeper look is the genuine algorithmic craft underneath the beauty. The textiles actually follow their own internal logic.
Procedural fashion CGI from 2016 is already a genre — and ZEITGUISED's are slicker than most. Fine to look at; says nothing.
ZEITGUISED builds every algorithmic textile by hand — synthetic fabric that behaves like biological tissue is genuinely uncanny work, and they're operating at the level of Iris van Herpen's fashion films. 2.5 minutes of high craft.