Kontroll

Short animated film about typography,

artificial intelligence, loneliness and music.

This film is powered by music pieces composed, arranged and performed by different artists. Without them and without their beautiful art there would be no film at all. Here they are in the order of their appearance.

A. Merzbow and Russell Haswell - “Unlock The Mysteries Of The Sun”
B. Stone Glass Steel - “Procryptic Spirilium”
C. Lovesliescrushing - “Youreyesimmaculate”
D. Iszoloscope - “Au Seuil Du Néant”

Film was made for a festival, that's why instead of making 3 short clips i combined them into a single movie. Anyway all of it's chapters are about similar things: i wanted to capture those feeling when you are sitting behind monitor with no sleep for several days listening to some dark music, descending into your own mind, loosing reality.

First part is about technology that slowly and unnoticeably replaces old and various forms with the new ones which is very similar. It's about loosing personality.

Second part is about artificial intelligence which becomes more and more complicated and someday will become a very human like. With all our modern behavior, days spent on social network, reposting, resharing content which were made long ago by some other people. Can we still produce something original? Are we still a humans?

Last part is more about feelings. I wanted to capture the "calling" of the street, of flashing signs, of loud music, of machines. This one definitely inspired by "enter the void" and "Akira"

Written, directed and animated by Vasiliy Shikhachevskiy in 2018.

Sound edit: Yuriy Makeev, Vasiliy Shikhachevskiy.