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These nine modules will immerse us in the very heart of Japanese society, in the very heart of Tokyo, its energy, its fantasy, its contradictions. The documentary series will decipher "Japan from inside out", in a fun, odd and offbeat way.

The gachappon is the equivalent of jukebox: a vending-machine for junk surprises, a spectacular mechanics like a pinball machine and addictive like a slot machine. But instead of delivering a plastic gift, a video capsule will emerge to help us discover this distant and fascinating country by its less known side: small daily realities!
Each of the nine episodes of the documentary web series Gacha Gacha is designed in a fun discovery mode, to dissect nine typically Japanese rites. Ways of doing things that are both millennial and hypermodern, disciplined bodies and lively minds, a very modest and suddenly exhibitionist daily life. Technological and spooky materials, sounds and colors.

In less than a minute and thirty seconds, delve into the fascinating universe of science through beautiful, mysterious and surprising images! A series where esthetics will make you experience the pleasure of discovery.

Sciencible is a series of 30 episodes full of surprises and anecdotes that shed a new light on science… Immerse yourself in the fascinating universe of sciences thanks to surprising images – just like pieces of art can transport their audience and beckon them to dig deeper.

“CNRS scientists came up with the idea of using soap bubbles to... Predict the movements of real hurricanes! By heating the bubble's base and cooling its top, convection currents appear on its surface and form a beautiful whirlwind.

A hurricane in a soap bubble... Seems more useful than a storm in a teacup!”
 
Sciencible - Eternity – English ST
https://vimeo.com/260056067/c93cbf2c80
 
 
Sciencible - Nebulous – English ST
https://vimeo.com/260056183/6605db52a8
 
 
Sciencible - The Stick of Glue – English ST
https://vimeo.com/260056234/4819f1e2c6

Where do the shrimps that end up in our salads come from?  

Product slips through the net of a German trawler to map the great distance shrimps travel before reaching supermarket shelves. 

A look back on the early years of breaking in the Bronx, through the late 1970s. 

Featuring Crazy Legs, Mr. Freeze, and Doze.

Decay is beautiful, delicious and essential to life!

The spectacular images of this first episode of the web series LA NUIT DU VIVANT: A TRIP INTO THE WORLD OF DECAY engage the viewer to think differently about a hidden aspect of life: the recycling of rot by microorganisms. 

Hailing from New York City, Rob Weiner was Donald Judd's assistant until his death, helping the master to build his desert dream, the Chinati Foundation.

As the current director of the Foundation, Rob Weiner explains in this first episode how Chinati came to fruition and, ultimately, how it has become over the years a world class conceptual art museum -hosting the monumental artworks of artists such as Donald Judd of course, but also Dan Flavin, Ilya Kabakov, Claes Oldenburger & Coosje van Bruggen, Roni Horn, Carl Andre, etc.- in the most unexpected place: the middle of the Texas desert.

Do you feel dizzy? Are you having hallucinations? No, you are not watching a psychedelic music video from the 70s! 

These images are the result of mathematical calculations – an area that researchers call “fractals”.

Dutch roses are grown in greenhouses heated to 22° in both summer and winter. 

In this new episode, Product immerses itself in the rose industry, and highlights its surprising temperature variations, from the picking of roses to their retail. 

The story behind one of the world's most popular b-boy groups, the Rock Steady Crew.

Featuring Crazy Legs, Mr. Freeze, and Doze.

Who are the rot lovers? Some animals and 3 microorganisms: mould, yeast and bacteria. 

Thanks to those decay connoisseurs constantly recycling, nature is cleared from dead vegetation and dead animals. 

Julie Speed's art can be called many names -provocative? "Horrifi-comical"? Renaissance meets freak show? The great thing is: she wouldn't care about fitting into a box.

Instead, 60-something-year-old Julie Speed prefers to discuss the invisible bridges between her art and Donald Judd's, and how Marfa has influenced her art since she moved into the former prison that has become her studio.