The Lunar Machine (2012)

The title and inspiration for this video comes from a phrase in the poem Dance of Onions by Jean Arp first published in 1946. In terms of process I started with some loose ideas, then found the soundtrack I wanted to evoke a certain mood, then built a rhythmic (I hope) set of scenes over the top. All of the imagery and sound was sourced from the public domain repository The Internet Archives, and is used under those licenses. Clips are from a variety of odds and ends, including Film Australia and NASA, bu