MEMEX
2014 · 4m · UK
Directed by Marshmallow Laser Feast
Genres: experimental, musical
Tones: contemplative, surreal
A 3D video work exploring mortality through photogrammetry and body-scanning technology — model Beryl Nesbitt is fully scanned using a 94-camera rig, then rendered through custom skin shaders in a virtual environment created for Duologue's music.
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MLF's technical ambition here is matched by conceptual focus — the photogrammetry rig isn't showing off, it's making an argument about what the body means when turned into a point cloud. The ash-covered alternate render is the piece's most honest admission.
94-camera photogrammetry rig for a Duologue music video. The technical commitment is real; the result is a music video about mortality that confuses scan-fidelity with depth.
Marshmallow Laser Feast turn the 94-camera rig into mortality made computational — Beryl Nesbitt rendered, ash-covered, between photography and shader. The technical-romantic VR-precursor strain, done with real weight.