Synopsis
"Death Trap - Taste of Future" is an abstract, dialogue-free journey through organic and cosmic imagery. The video moves between microscopic structures, neural-cell patterns, natural forms, and images of outer space, creating the impression of a living system developing on its own. Rather than following characters or a conventional storyline, it presents the world as an interconnected organism and reflects on evolution, production, and the uncertain shape of the future. The music and visuals combine into a hypnotic experimental film.
Factoids & Trivia
- The video was produced in Germany in 2012 and runs approximately four minutes.
- It was presented as a music clip and an experimental short film, placing it between music-video culture and contemporary audiovisual art.
- The production used imagery of neural cells connected with Tristan Will and the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research.
- Space images and footage were supplied by NASA's Image Science and Analysis Laboratory at the Johnson Space Center.
- The film is in color, uses stereo sound, and contains no dialogue.
- Its concept was built around an interdisciplinary combination of audio, video, and graphics, with the visual material emphasizing processes that appear to operate without human control.
- The film was listed in the 2013 catalog of the German Short Film Association and screened in Germany at the goEast Film Festival in Wiesbaden in April 2012.
- The accompanying track was later issued by Modularfield Records as part of the MDF01 release.