It's whale season again.
Video, 2023
About the artwork
The piece titled "It's Whale Season Again" showcases a series of characters who discover enormous whales floating in the sky. Utilizing traditional animation techniques and cutting-edge AI tools, the piece evokes the essence of classic anime, offering a serene escape into the imagination and creating a dreamlike environment.
Through this piece, viewers are invited to question their own reality. Is it enjoyable? Do they dream of another world, like those found in anime? Ultimately, this work encourages reflection on the world around us and how we position ourselves in relation to it.
Music by Panaviscope
Audio explanation
Listen to Panaviscope discuss this work.
Panaviscope (a.k.a Alex Duloz) is a visual artist and multi-instrumentalist from Geneva, Switzerland, who composes, sings, and plays all the instruments you can hear on his tracks. Panaviscope is as much a visual project as it is a musical one, with a focus on evoking nostalgia for a fantasized era.
Alex studied arts in Los Angeles, where he trained in 3D, classical animation, and drawing. It was there that he learned coding, with a strong focus on generative code using JavaScript. His tracks have been played on national indie radios in France and Switzerland, among other countries.
Alex employs various cutting-edge techniques with the intention of creating timeless pieces, ranging from depth maps to granular synthesis.