Items you might find on a shelf in the garage or packed away in the basement—like wrenches, your old MP3 player, key fobs, or spare light bulbs—become stars in their own right in Alain Biet’s mesmerizing animation. “Grands Canons,” which translates from French to “Big Guns,” opens with a close-up of the artist drafting a realistic, green pencil in watercolor. Once the rendering is complete, we meet another pencil, and another, as a “visual symphony” of thousands of precise drawings unfolds.

Biet’s intricately detailed illustrations highlight everyday objects we might find in a junk drawer, a closet, or even destined for the trash, emphasizing a variety of styles and how items have evolved over time. His survey of technology and tools stokes a tinge of nostalgia, too. Remember that old Discman, SLR camera, or Nokia brick? The gang’s all here in a dizzyingly choreographed sequence, accompanied by an original score that responds to the rhythms and movements of the drawings as they skitter and whirl across the surface.

Find more of the artist’s work his website and Instagram.

 

Everyday Objects Swirl in the Dizzying Choreography of Alain Biet’s Elaborate Animation

All images © Alain Biet

An animated image of illustrations of kitchen utensils from an animated short film by Alain Biet of thousands of aquarelle paintings of everyday objects.

A still of illustrations of pliers from an animated short film by Alain Biet of thousands of aquarelle paintings of everyday objects.

A animated image of keys and locks from an animated short film by Alain Biet of thousands of aquarelle paintings of everyday objects.

A still of illustrations of lightbulbs from an animated short film by Alain Biet of thousands of aquarelle paintings of everyday objects.

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