{"id":660507,"date":"2026-10-29T09:42:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T09:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/660507\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T09:42:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T09:42:15","slug":"a-macro-journey-underwater-reveals-the-radiant-geometries-of-coral-colossal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/660507\/","title":{"rendered":"A Macro Journey Underwater Reveals the Radiant Geometries of Coral \u2014 Colossal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Armed with high-magnification macro lenses, filmmaker Sandro Bocci journeyed through coral reefs to document a striking array of color, texture, and pattern. A project for Bocci\u2019s collective <a href=\"https:\/\/www.juliasetlab.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Julia Set Lab<\/a>, the short film homes in on the intricacies of a life form we can\u2019t see with the naked eye. Subtle shifts in gradients, bold color juxtapositions, and a seemingly endless diversity of recurring motifs explode across the frame, revealing the beauty and complexity of the extraordinary organisms growing below the water\u2019s surface.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Set to music by Maurizio Morganti, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/1224671736\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Iteration<\/a>\u201d is the second collaboration by the pair, who continue to harness the power of technology to create works at the intersection of art and science. Watch the film on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/juliaset\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Vimeo<\/a>, along with additional films.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/iteration-3.jpeg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-478883\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1406\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/iteration-3.jpeg\" alt=\"a still of a detailed image of coral patterns\" class=\"wp-image-478886\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/iteration-2.jpeg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-478883\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1406\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/iteration-2.jpeg\" alt=\"a still of a detailed image of coral patterns\" class=\"wp-image-478885\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/iteration-1.jpeg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-478883\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1406\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/iteration-1.jpeg\" alt=\"a still of a detailed image of coral patterns\" class=\"wp-image-478884\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/members\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"118516\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Colossal Member<\/a> now, and support independent arts publishing.<\/p>\n<p>Hide advertising<\/p>\n<p>Save your favorite articles<\/p>\n<p>Get 15% off in the <a href=\"https:\/\/colossal.shop\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Colossal Shop<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Receive members-only newsletter<\/p>\n<p>Give 1% for art supplies in K-12 classrooms<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Armed with high-magnification macro lenses, filmmaker Sandro Bocci journeyed through coral reefs to document a striking array of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":660508,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[437,434,435,436,98141,438,146,85,46,297294,23505,2059],"class_list":["post-660507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-coral","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-julia-set-lab","tag-macro","tag-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=660507"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660507\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/660508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=660507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=660507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=660507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}