DCN Video Pick: Pause 2019 Motion Response - Forever by Nicolas Arnold // Technology gives us infinite opportunities to design our lives everyday. We create, copy and upload leading a fast-paced existence. It is an overwhelming and numbing process. More so we lose the ability to form deep relationships because we do not have to - a better one might be waiting around the corner. This Is why the concept of “forever” scares us. We even prefer superficial friendships in order to avoid potential crisis. … In July 2018 I was selected to create a Motion Response for the upcoming Pause Fest tackling this years theme “The Future Is Intimate”. I spent the next four months shooting all sorts of materials – from glas orbs over liquids to prisms – trying  to illustrate my visual interpretation of Emily Dickinson’s famous quote “Forever – Is Composed Of Nows”. The film  is loosely based on Robert Plutchik’s “Wheel Of Emotions” which describes eight primary emotions we experience in life. Just like Plutchik I tried to create visual clusters in order to disassemble the term “forever”. “Forever” climaxes in a key visual representing a sequence of moments and emotions. Process Reel: https://vimeo.com/302578314 George, Alexander - huge thanks for selecting me! Pause Fest 2019, Melbourne pausefest.com.au, @pausefest Design, Direction: Nicolas Arnold, frameandcolor.de, IG: @frame.and.color.de Sound Design: Jochen Mader, zenthing.tv, IG: @zenthing.tv Roto Artist: Michel Arnold See the process reel here: https://vimeo.com/302578314