Newton’s Cradle

Jeff Synthesized

FILE SÃO PAULO 2025: SYNTHETIKA – Art and Technology – Cine SYN
Electronic Language International Festival

Newton’s Cradle – United States

In a dystopian future where time is stolen and turned into a commodity, Newton’s Cradle follows a woman’s journey to uncover the truth behind a system built on control. The Newton’s cradle, an innocuous object, becomes a powerful symbol of human choices and the hope for restored balance. This cautionary tale urges reflection on what truly matters in the moments we’re given.

BIO

Jeff Synthesized is a visionary filmmaker specializing in artificial intelligence. His innovative approach is reshaping contemporary cinema, blending cutting-edge technology with emotive storytelling. Through works like the Amazon Prime series House of David and the acclaimed short film Newton’s Cradle, he inspires a new era of AI-driven filmmaking.

Disappearance

In this work the movement of a large video monitor mounted on an industrial fork-lift truck creates a virtual representation of a larger than life size ballerina. As the forklift moves the monitor up and down the ballerina is presented from head to toe, and as the forklift truck rotates the ballerina also appears to turn. In this way the monitor functions as a window that gradually reveals the virtual presence of the ballerina who is dancing in the same axis as the rotating forklift truck. Also visible inside the motor compartment of the forklift truck is a small rotating ballerina figurine in front of which a video camera moves up and down. This mechanism is electronically synchronised with the movement of the forklift itself and provides the closed circuit source for the video image of the ballerina that is seen on the monitor screen. Disappearance evokes and celebrates the memory of the ballerina on a music box (a first generation robot) and generates her virtual reconstruction to the extent that the machinery of reproduction itself now incarnates her pirouettes.
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Daniel Jolliffe
R.I.P
FILE SÃO PAULO 2017
Perfect View
the viewer encounters a badly damaged Cloisonné vase, mounted on a white plinth. When the viewer comes within a few meters of the piece, the vase begins to turn silently, adjusting its position so as to always show the viewer a perfect view of its undamaged side.