Nature finds its rhythm in Orfeo Tagiuri's animated music videos for Brian Eno and Beatie Wolfe

"In Procession, nothing is ever static. The trees and even the rocks are alive with the music, city landscapes are sliced apart by a bird flying by, the blocks of buildings turning into fuzzy shapes as they fade out. Orfeo was inspired by Charles and Ray Eames' 1977 short film Powers of Ten - where the video zooms out in scales of ten, to a galactic scale, then back down to the microscopic."

"This meandering quality can is also evident in the video for Suddenly. Orfeo designed his own typeface for the video, consisting of single ink dots he likens to grains of sand that "flow and dissolve". His biggest inspiration was William Blake, whose prints can be found on Orfeo's shelves at home. "I think wherever possible, if distinct worlds and formats can be referenced and merged, they really enrich and deepen the creative output," says Orfeo."

"In both videos, natural imagery and human figures are displayed side by side. In Procession, a figure pops through a tiny open door before launching a moon-faced rock into orbit. While in Suddenly, a person running morphs down into a snail before shifting into a hungry wolf. Facial expressions are particularly vivid too in the video, drawn by Orfeo with nods to his woodcarving work, featuring what he describes as "mythic figures with great smiles or spilling tears"."

Procession treats landscapes and objects as animated elements, with trees and rocks resonating to music and cityscapes sliced and blurred by passing birds. The video references Powers of Ten's zoom between galactic and microscopic scales, drawing parallels between stellar and subatomic orbital movements. Suddenly features a custom typeface of single ink dots that flow and dissolve, inspired by William Blake prints. Natural imagery and human figures morph fluidly—people become snails or wolves; moon-faced rocks orbit after being launched. Facial expressions recall woodcarving, depicting mythic figures with exaggerated smiles and tears. Transitions feel like waking between successive dreams.

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