• Run time: 4 minutes 35 seconds
• Original title: Staubkaskade
• Country of origin: Germany

Bridge Fest, Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina (in competition), May 2009

VIS Vienna Independent Shorts, Vienna, Austria, May 2009

backup_festival, Weimar, Germany (in competition), May 2009

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Synopsis:

In fact, fractals are nothing new. As colorful illustrations they hav been appearing in media for many years. But there is more behind this. Fractals provide the mathematical tool set to describe complex structures including coastlines, clouds, mountains, plants, vascular systems,growth processes, stock-exchange prices or the distribution of matter in outer space. From there it is just a little step to the assumption, that the main principles of fractals must be fixed deep in the world's architecture. The easiest way towards understanding them is to start experimenting oneself. For this reason the Koch-Curve was modified and translated into a computer program, to form a tool to search for the grown, living, alien shape.

The "Cascade and its Dust" is a project of the graphic artist Stefan Pautze. There are no poetic concepts behind the name. "Dust" is the mathematical description for a set of non-connected points. The cascade is a synonym for the principle of recursion, the basic technique behind the created computer program.

The soundtrack for the experimental video "The Cascade and its Dust" was released on the internet label Phonocake in Dresden, Germany. It contains the original version by Skies Unlimited as well as eleven remixes by Dresden based producers and an intro by Breitbandkatze who is also responsible for the audio track of the festival version. It has been created by using a self developed fractal synthesizer using a spectrum in the shape of a Cantor set in the range of 50 - 400 Hz, with
a fractal dimension D = log(2) / log(3) = 0.6309.

More information:
www.pautze.net
www.staubkaska.de(more)

• Director:

  Stefan Pautze

• Writer(s):

  Stefan Pautze

• Producer(s):

  Stefan Pautze

• Cast and Credits:

  Code optimization: Matthias Kramm
  Music / Sound: Breitbandkatze

• Film Website:

  http:/ / staubkaska.de

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