Reform|the_science_behind_After_Effects

I've started to animate projectile lilies, which head towards a circle - the circle being the casing of the conker. Taking this almost violent movement towards the conker, I thought about what would happen after impact. Then thinking about impact, I thought about what reactions, forces and explosions would be involved once the lilies join with the conker.

Going down this path of impacts and reactions, I started to treat the conker as an atom, rather than a conker. Using inspiration from the 'origami cranes' legend (Fold 1000 origami cranes and your hearts desires will come true - Hiroshima survivor folds 1000 cranes in the hope to heal her radiation poisoning, notices everyone around her is dying, so instead wishes for world peace) I had a look at Imi's images of conkers, and noticed how when bundled together, they formed the basis of an atomic nucleus.

I now plan to pair this idea with noises around the theme of 'war'. Watch this space...