Motionographer® Sehsucht | ‘Cenotaph’ – Bump Festival Line Up Tittles

Two alchemists meet in the ‘Cenotaph’, the last building still standing amidst the desolation of a broken and ruined world. They know Newton’s ancient alchemical secrets, the key that can restore their environment to a flourishing natural biome, but there is a cost…

For the 2024 Bump Festival (Kortrijk, Belgium) we wanted to tell an epic story in a minimal way. The festival’s theme “Under Construction” led us to the use of the classical architectural concept of Isaac Newton’s Cenotaph, a sketch by French architect Étienne-Louis Boullée. Re-imagining its look, function and location, and connecting it to Newton’s own alchemical hobby, gave us this story of mystery, loss and rebirth.

Credits:

Client: Bump Festival
Production Studio: Sehsucht
Producers: David Adam, Konrad Weser
Direction: Quinten Delahaye
Art Direction: Saskia Kretzschmann
Design: Quinten Delahaye, Luisa Eesmann, Saskia Kretzschmann
3D: Philipp Brates, Quinten Delahaye, Marvin Huth, Nikelo Mbambo, Lasse Schweer
Music, SFX & Mix: Hofkapellmeister Berlin
Typeface: Julian Stiber