Glass Of The Microscope
Music video Glass Of The Microscope stars New York based pop band Yeasayer as post-apocalyptic bioscientists searching for a medicine to cure the world.
“... filmed in one of the oldest research universities in Europe and the place where the 17th-century Dutch microbiologist Antoine van Leeuwenhoek developed an early prototype of the microscope.”
science lab contextualising psy-pop
One of the hottest psychedelic pop bands Yeasayer commissioned Ruben Van Leer to come up with a visual journey creation for their Glass Of The Microscope single release from the Fragnant World album.
“After technology saves the world — as Silicon Valley wants us to believe — what then? Well, then it looks as though the future of humanity depends on four dudes from Brooklyn.”
credits
| writer & director: | Ruben Van Leer |
| cinematography: | Paul Ozgur |
| starring: | Claron McFadden & Lukas Timulak |
| dancers: | Joeri Dubbe, Celia Amade, Casar Faria Fernandes & Shirley Esseboom |
| music: | Joep Franssens & Henry Vega |
| libretto: | Stan Lapinski |
| dramaturgy: | Martin Butler |
| editing: | Amber Hooijmans |
| visual effects: | Tom Geraedts & David Zaagsma |
| compositing: | Bart Van Brussel & Ruben Van Leer |
| point clouds: | Mickey van Olst, Christian Loclair & Cedric Kiefer (OnFormative) |
| data processing: | Jurrien Steenkamp & Frederik Vanhoutte |
| art direction: | Barnaby Monk (Herbert Luciole) & Judith Veenendaal |
| costume design: | Anne De Grijff |
| line-producers: | Pavel Ananich & Inge Zoete |
| producers: | Sander Verdonk, Denis Wigman & Ruben Van Leer |
| produced by: | CTM Pictures, NTR & Truth.io |
| documentary by: | Juliette Stevens, Moving Portraits |
| with support of: | NL Filmfonds, Fonds 21, Creative Industries Fund & NTR |
| partners: | Arts@CERN, Zoller+Fröhlich & Microsoft |
Ruben van Leer
filmmaker & media-artist
