Escalation









Escalation
Videoinstallation
Duration: ca. 17 Minutes
A human lifetime is on a vastly different scale to earth’s deep geologic history. Epochs of evolution have created our complex ecosphere but we are now witnessing its collapse. The escalation of human activity is creating ecological breakdown yet, in our age of acceleration, it is rare to slow down long enough to see what is happening before our eyes and within our grasp. In a city like London, the pace of consumption is the same as in a busy gallery where it becomes difficult to engage with what is happening to our planet. Amidst a growing number of storms, the system in front of you is collapsing, whether you decide to witness it is up to you.
The visuals are designed around 24 datastreams from global ecological and geopolitical phenomena (e.g. CO2 ppm in the atmosphere, average mass of glaciers, world population, GDP, Micro-plastics in the ocean, military spending, ozone depleting substance emissions, global meat production). This data is fed into the system until it takes over and rips itself apart.
The artwork was shown in the exhibition Mars & Beyond in the Bargehouse Gallery, London, UK from 22 Feb to 15 Mar 2020 – just as the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic started to grind the economy and life as we knew it to a halt.
Technical Details:
The artwork was created in Maxon Cinema 4D using the X-Particles Plugin, rendered in Redshift, postprocessed in Blackmagic Fusion and Adobe After Effects
Mercedes Benz Motorsport




The guys at M.A.R.K.13 asked me to help them on this spot for Mercedes Benz Motorsport and visualise the transition from their DTM team to their Formula E team.
Director: Patrick Tauss
DOPs: Simon Drescher & Adrian Schmidt
Producers: Wolfgang Kerber & Andi Reuscher
Art Director: Silvio Schwarz
CGI: Andi Idle, Vitek Sedlacek, Andrew Onufrienko, Florian Thamer, Georg Hempel, Philipp Hartmann, Bianca Schaurer-Spieß, Benedikt Röttger and many more….
The Seige – Back Up






The LA based hip hop duo The Seige asked me to create some CG sequences for their music video for the song “Back Up”.
The animations of the faces and the LED Walls on the background were done in After Effects, I animated the dance choreography and camera transitions in C4D and rendered it on Octane. There was not enough time to render actual volumetrics so I faked those in AE by using the 3D camera data to create accurate masks for the LED Walls and Trapcode Shine for some god rays.
Additional facial animation: Kerim Camdzic
Additional modelling: Nikita Shestakov
Character Rig: Marco Gifuni
CIFRA Warp Knit Seamless





Cifra produces warp knit seamless apparel for the likes of Nike, Adidas and LuLuLemon and has been at the forefront of the revolutionary production method since its inception.
My friends from Rokabye were commissioned to produce a film that showcased their exclusive, patented production method. The impressive technique allows Cifra to knit garments of any shape and size, with multiple diameters, entirely seamlessly. We expressed multiple USPs, unique to WKS, in a seamless journey, from initial design to final, colourful product.
Animation, Shading, Lighting, Particle Effects, Knitting Sim: Florian Thamer
Animation, Shading, Lighting, Product Renders: Marcus Chaloner
Coty
I was working with The Mill to create this Logo reveal for the make up company Coty.
Modelling, Lighting, Animation: Will MacNeil, Florian Thamer
Concept Artist: Cameron Johnson
HARZ
The Austrian Band HARZ asked me to do a logo animation for them to promote their upcoming album.
They do acoustic/electronic house/techno.
Give them a listen at fb.com/harzband or soundcloud.com/harzband
Ford Mustang
Together with the super talented people at The Mill I’ve worked on this ad to promote the new 2018 Ford Mustang and the Personalizer App.
Director:
Fil Fury
Design Team:
Raj Davsi
Peter Tomaszewicz
Florian Thamer
Filiberto Chiarinelli
Lexus
The amazing guys from Sehsucht asked me to do some particle shots for the presentation of their LS+ concept car.
Client: Lexus Japan
Agency: Dentsu Tokyo
ECD: Hiroyuki Ito
CD: Yoshio Tanahashi
PL: Yuma Matsubara,
AD: Tomonori Saito
Agency Producer: Toshihiko Miki / Tsuyoshi Kanekiyo
AE: Sakumi Nakajo / Takashi Makinouchi
Production: AOI Pro. Inc.
Executive producer: Hirohide Takene
Producer: Atsushi Kakuya / Riki Sakai
VFX & POSTPRODUCTION: Sehsucht Hamburg
CONCEPT & DESIGN: Sehsucht
DIRECTOR: Hans Schultheiss
DOP: Neels Feil
Art Department: Axel Brötje, Steven Cormann
Editor: Peer Arne, Jörn Fallendorf
3D:Timo von Wittken, Sebastian Welti, Max Zachner, Deniz Kress, Alexander Siquans,Rafael Vincente
Motion Design: Arjen van der Wal, Florian Thaemer
Compositing: Florian Zachau, Patrick Altmaier, Christian Reimann
Sehsucht Producer: Tanya Curnow, Frauke Fudickar,Felix Niehoff
Colour Grading: Xavi Santolaya
Ghost In The Shell





I’ve worked with the amazing team at MPC Design to create and animate 3D assets and UI elements to be used in the ‘Hologlobes’ throughout’ the film
Director
Rupert Sanders
Studio
Paramount Pictures
Production VFX Supervisors
Guillaume Rocheron, John Dykstra
Creative Director
Ryan Jefferson Hays
VFX Supervisors
Greg McKneally, Marcus Dryden
VFX Producer
Russell Forde
VFX Production Coordinators
Stefano Salvini, Goutham Hampankatta
MPC Design Creative Director
Ryan Jefferson Hays
VFX Team
Steve Oakley, Pedrom Dadgostar, Hendrik Freuer, Mike Little, Ross McCabe, Thomas Carrick, Anthony Bloor, Flavia Minnone, Mattias Lullini, Michael Diprose, Marcel Ruegenberg, Florence Ciuccoli, Jacob T. Oommen, Elangovan Ganeshan, Earnest Victor, Alexander Kulikov, Alex Snookes, Alessandro Granella, Alessandro Granella, Sugumar S, Andreas Feix, Pratyush Paruchuri, Giles Hicks, Mohanakrishnan C, Denis Krez, Edward Taylor
Design Team
James Brocklebank, Kerim Camdzic, Andrea Braga, Matthew Campbell, Florian Thamer, David Bauer, Michael Drayton, Gordon Spurs
Music & Sound Design
ECHOLAB
Adult Swim
The great guys at Art&Graft asked me to visualise the obnoxious AI in the 2017 Adult Swim film for the Turner Upfront party.
An Art&Graft Project.
Working as part of the Art&Graft in-house team
Cole Haan
I was working with the guys at Futuredeluxe on these two spots for Cole Haan’s new Zero Grand shoe
Team:
Chris White
Florian Thamer
Gabor Ekes
Elias Freiberger
Puls 4
In this film I did the destruction, fluid and particle simulations.
Client: Eat My Dear
Team:
Florian Thamer
Georg Fasswald
Andre Heiter
Marijan Schedler
Markus Hornof
Patrick Sturm
British Arrows
For the 40th anniversary of the British Arrows award show I created two logo animations that were being shown during the event.
Client: MPC
Team:
Tom Robinson
Stephen Ross
Florian Thamer
Elliot Hobdell
Reel Spring ’16
Some works that I’ve done in the past.
BMW – Efficient Dynamics
To showcase their latest innovation – EfficientDynamics – Eat My Dear was asked to create this full CG viral movie for BMW Austria – featuring a special guest!
I was responsible for modelling, texturing, lighting and rigging.
Agency: Demner, Merlicek & Bergmann
Direction/Animation: Eat My Dear
Team:
Andre Heiter
Florian Thamer
Georg Fasswald
Markus Hornof
Patrick Sturm
Music and Sound Design: Twospirits.at
Inner Tongue – Fallen Empire
In this music video for Inner Tongue’s debut track Fallen Empire I did the particle simulation towards the end, as the tennis balls and picture frames hit the court.
Reel ’15
Motion Graphics Showreel 2015
EWW
Full CG Imagemovie for the EWW Group, who provides Electricity, Gas, Thermal Energy, Water and more for residents living in the area of Wels, Austria.
I created the particle animations in the beginning and the end of the film.
Production: Sinisa Vidovic, Forafilm
Design/Artdirection/Animation: Eat My Dear
Team:
Marco Fontan
Florian Thamer
Bimo Wisaksono
Markus Hornof
Patrick Sturm
JAF
Mixed Live Action and CG Imagemovie for Central Europe’s leading wholesaler for wood and wooden materials.
I modelled and animated the clockwork and the network part.
Client: Eat My Dear
Production: Forafilm
Live Direction: Sinisa Vidovic
Design/Artdirection/Animation: Eat My Dear
Team:
Marco Fontan
Florian Thamer
Bimo Wisaksono
Markus Hornof
Patrick Sturm
EVN
TV Commercial for EVN (an Austrian electricity company)
Client: Eat My Dear
ATV – Pfusch am Bau
Pfusch am Bau is an Austrian TV series about uncovering flaws on buildings.
I’ve created the opener and all the graphic overlays for the show.
Client: Eat My Dear
Sliver – Mr. Business
I teamed up with Michael Krebs to shoot and edit this music video for austrian hiphop artist Sliver
Reel ’14
Motion Graphics Showreel 2014
Move Rise Flow
A personal project to see the capabilities of VideoCopilot’s Element3D plugin
Software Used: After Effects, Element3D, Trapcode Particular
Loova – Hurting Me
I teamed up with my friend Michael Krebs to shoot and edit a music video for singer/songwriter Loova.
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Kronen Zeitung
TV commercial for Kronen Zeitung (an Austrian newspaper)
Client: Eat My Dear
Boboshit
A short personal project for a non-existent bicycle company
Software used: Adobe After Effects
Birds Of A Feather
A personal project to practice particle effects
Software Used: After Effects, Trapcode Particular