Melter 2 (2003)

Takeshi Murata produces extraordinary digital works that refigure the experience of animation. His innovative practice and constantly evolving processes range from intricate computer-aided, hand-drawn animations to exacting manipulations of the flaws, defects and broken code in digital video technology. Whether altering appropriated footage from cinema (B movies, vintage horror films), or creating Rorschach-like fields of seething color, form and motion, Murata produces astonishing visions that redefine the boundaries between abstraction and recognition. Murata's Melter 2 (2003), an abstract experiment in hypnotic movement and color, is three playful minutes of pure visual pleasure that also reflects the indomitable motion, exuberance and dynamism of the city itself.

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