Brain Melt

March 2023

6K video, AI animation + sound

02:37

Hyde and Hyde transcends into the afterlife after his chapters of life have concluded.

Brain Melt is an experimental cinema created by new media artist Komal Goswami through the utilization of 6K video captured by a RED Raven digital camera, AI animations created via Deforum Stable Diffusion, a 3D model sculpted via Mudbox, retopologized in Maya, textured in Mari, lit and animated via Maya, and rendered using V-Ray, and mixed royalty-free sounds. Select sequences were composited via Nuke and compiled with the remainder of the layered AI animation-RED footage-3D art visuals and sound via Premiere Pro. Organic forms in various hues and vibrancy create a visually chaotic yet restrained composition. A lifeless, four-eyed brown and green 3D model serves as the protagonist of this piece. Fragments of letters, clusters of circles, and ovular shapes layered with motifs of the liminal location the character occupies are in most sequences. Dramatic yet euphoric clips of royalty-free sounds are compiled with the overall footage to create a transcending atmosphere.

Serving as an agent of emotional and mental growth, the way Hyde emotionally and intellectually operates is active through the genre-bending sound design and the evergoing motion created through the AI animations layered with just the 3D animated sequences and along with the composited 3D animation-RED footage sequences in this transcending piece. Held in suspense and eventually becoming more overwhelmed by his emotions and thoughts, Hyde convulses and explodes. Brain Melt conveys a transition of symbolic cleansing, an ascension, or catharsis.

Exhibitions

World Builders Inc., Gary R. Libby Focus Gallery, Gainesville, FL, May 4–6, 2023

Big Art Show, The Art Department, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK, Aug. 30, 2024 - Nov. 16, 2024

Official Selection, 2024 Chroma Art Film Festival, Superblue Miami, Aug. 17-18, 2024

Publications

“Hyde and Hyde - A Journey Beyond Life by Komal Goswami | New Media Art & 3D Animation.” Chroma Art Film Festival, Rainbow Oasiiis.