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Blip Boutique maps Interpol's "Rest My Chemistry"


Visual architects Blip Boutique and Aaron Koblin teamed up to animate Interpol’s latest video “Rest My Chemistry”. Koblin animates ‘data maps’ with systems of particles and cell growth translating them into abstract visuals. Wired has more details:

“The story we wanted to tell came from the idea of body chemistry, as the song addresses sort of what one does to ones body and stepping away from that for a spell. So since we knew we wanted to do something with mapping data, we started thinking about body systems, and how we could expound on the idea of systems from the smallest to the largest scales. Therefore we decided to have the imagery reflect systems of particles within cells to cellular growth and multiplication to overall body systems, to city grids, to global mapping to solar systems, and back down again.”

I just want tickets to an Interpol concert to see this projected on a jumbo-tron. Still trolling for a hi-res version to share but so far no luck.


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