Exactly a year after releasing his ambient film First Breath, digital artist/director/motion designer GMUNK (aka Bradley G Munkowitz) drops another intriguing visual meditation with respiration and neural exploration at its core.

GMUNK: “Synapse Code: Patterns of a Digital Consciousness seamlessly combines the genres of data visualization, landscape cinematography and the human connection through a portal into the inner workings of a machine’s perception, immersing the viewer in its digital stream of consciousness.

“The narrative unfolds through a unique perspective that offers a glimpse into an oscillation of digitized emotions through rhythmic waves of data, rendered as a vivid realm of pattern and breathing grids. The liquid memories on display celebrate the beauty of nature, the beauty of humanity, the intensity of feeling, and are packed into fleeting, modulating waves of emotional resonance, evoking a sense of digital respiration overflowing with sentiment and sensation.
 

“Set in a distant future where poignant connections between humans and machines seamlessly coexist, society has evolved to embrace these unique relationships, blurring the lines between artificial and human emotion.”

 
“It’s as if we are witnessing the world through a fluid medium where nature’s beauty converges with the intricacy of neural data that mimics the machine’s synaptic brain waves, unfolding as patterns within patterns of its digital consciousness.”

“Set in a distant future where poignant connections between humans and machines seamlessly coexist, society has evolved to embrace these unique relationships, blurring the lines between artificial and human emotion. The film transcends conventional storytelling, offering a meditative exploration of convergence between the machine’s data-driven existence and the fluid beauty of the natural world.

“The neural waveforms are not just a visual journey but a poetic exploration of a symbiotic relationship between technology, nature and the human heart, inviting contemplation on these intersections and offering a thought-provoking exploration of a future where deep connection transcends the boundaries of biology and technology.”

Watch the process reel:

 
 
Director: GMUNK
DOP: Peter Clark
Assistant Director: James Heredia
Assistant Camera: James Heredia
Generative Artist: Ryan Cashman
Editor: Bradley G Munkowitz
Compositor: Bradley G Munkowitz
Title Designer: Michael Cina
Tile Animation: Peiter Hergert
Color Grade: Bradley G Munkowitz

Talent: Emily Griffith
Talent Assistant: Dane Wenrick

Music: Keith Ruggiero