Cosmos - Your Space To Dream

Director: Aidan Cullen
Production Company: @typefacestudio
Executive Producer: @idenmagariaan
Producer: @sergiomvaccaro
Associate Producer: @matttkaufman
1st AD: @tessraih
Script written by: @aidancullen1 @markcullen12 @denyags
Director of Photography: @danielvignal
1st AC: @danrodriguezdp
2nd AC: @the_klapper Loader: @mattvandecker
Gaffer: @davireichman
Best Boy Electric: Aji Bass
Key Grip: @b3nnyblanc0
Best Boy Grip: @adamjreichardt
Swing: @nica.fazioEditor: @cutbykenny

Animation: @nikarthur
Animation Assistant: @kaylikoonar
VFX: @zekefaust
Sound Mixer: @ianswifthunter
Score: @miley_duo
Sound design: @ayodousonProduction
Designer: @michael.younker
Art Director: @bailey.rose.brown
Art Director: @_peterchristensen_
Set Dresser: Sid Maurer
Art Assistant: @harrysings1Key
Production Assistant: @brycehauman
Production Assistant (Prod/Cam Truck): Kirk Beneby
Production Assistant (Art Truck): @jaafaralnabi
Production Assistant (Set/Pass Van): Sakib Hossain Production
Assistant (Set/Runner): Elliott Moore

The film is about inspiration, about holding onto this fickle and elusive sensation that feels increasingly more difficult to find in the first place.

I thought about the very first human spark ever, and the materials and phenomena around fire: stone, charcoal, wood, and reaction. I used charcoal from an old campfire, drawing on a rock to depict stones smacking together. I used the real chemical reaction from igniting steel wool to create those sparks. To depict fire, I drew burn marks onto maple wood with a torch, so that fire really depicted itself. I spent 6 weeks with Kayli waiting for a pathos vine to wither away, and did indeed give myself a paper cut, then projected it onto my wall a bunch of times.

This project was really fun. I actually, truly, felt that fabled spark again while trying these ideas. Another way of keeping that spark alive is sharing it with others. Thank you so much to Kayli for the support during this project, especially in babysitting the vine as it took an astonishing amount of time to dry up. And to Aidan and Andy for giving me the freedom to explore.

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Nik Arthur (he/him) is a Canadian experimental animator and filmmaker, interacting with organic matter, objects, and physical materials.

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