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Oasis

1976 · 3 min

A brief, hypnotic collage of flickering images and rituals that feels like browsing a strange museum exhibit.

Directed by
Murray Grigor
Overview
Sequence of animations and random footage (Olympic torch lighting, rituals etc) which were "based on ideas of Hans Hollein; created for the Smithsonian's Cooper Hewitt Museum's opening exhibition: Man transForms", 1976. Nine designers worked with Hans Hollein in the "MAN TRANSFORMs" exhibition at the Cooper-Hewitt Museum of Decorative Arts and Design: Nader Ardalan, Peter Bode, Buckminster Fuller, Murray Grigor, Arata Isozaki, Richard Meier, Karl Schlamminger, Ettore Sottsass, and Oswald Ungers.

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Directed by
Murray Grigor
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How it feels

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Tone
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • art
  • identity
  • memory
  • media
Places
None
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • found footage
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour2
Realism4
Romance0
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity7
Emotional weight3

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Directed by
Murray Grigor
Runtime
3 min
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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