Artistic and experimental work exploring motion, abstraction, and visual systems — created in an academic context and presented at international festivals.
Roles
- Concept
- Direction
- 3D Animation
PP-P4~# (2009)
A short 3D animated film focused on raw visual language, minimal storytelling, and emotional tone — intentionally reduced to its essential elements.
PP-P4~#
PP-P4~# is an author-driven animated short focused on conveying a specific mood rather than narrative resolution or technical showcase.
The film reduces story, form, and motion to a bare minimum, prioritizing feeling, rhythm, and visual identity over polish or closure.
Intentionally raw, lo-fi 3D aesthetic influenced by contemporary minimal animation practices (in the vein of David OReillyOpens in a new tabOpens in a new tab, using imperfection as an expressive device.
Research Context
Developed alongside my diploma thesis "Die Ästhetik des Fehlers. Unregelmäßigkeiten und Störungen als Gestaltungselemente im digitalen Bewegtbild" ("The Aesthetics of Error. Irregularities and Disruptions as Design Elements in Digital Moving Images"), examining reduction, imperfection, and incompleteness as intentional aesthetic strategies in digital media.
Credits
Concept, Direction, 3D‑Animation | Claus Helfenschneider |
|---|---|
Sound | James Blake (Hemlock Recordings) |
Lineament – An inner monologue (2008)
An abstract, narrative-driven animation exploring internal conflict through motion, rhythm, and spatial tension.
Lines turn into shots. Shots trigger reactions. An unseen force gradually materializes, splits, and begins an endless pursuit of itself — a surreal confrontation between creation and destruction.
The piece focuses on timing, visual reduction, and emotional pacing, relying on minimal elements rather than explicit storytelling.
Lineament – An inner monologue (2008)
Contribution
- Concept development and visual direction
- Motion Capture
- Full 3D animation and sequencing
- Timing and motion design aligned to music
- Overall artistic supervision
Recognition
- Selected & screened at Crossing Europe Festival (2009)Opens in a new tabOpens in a new tab
- Selected & screened at Ars Electronica Animation Festival (2009)Opens in a new tabOpens in a new tab
Lineament – Making of (2008)
While created as an artistic work, this project established foundational skills in visual systems, timing, and abstraction that continue to inform my professional work in interactive and real-time applications.
Credits
Sound | Justice – Phantom Pt. II (Ed Banger Records) |
|---|---|
Concept, Direction, 3D‑Animation | Claus Helfenschneider |
Stabilization—Destabilization (2008)
An experimental animated film examining cinematic space through continuous destabilization of camera movement, scale, and orientation.
A study of spatial perception, camera logic, and cinematic space concepts through controlled disorientation.
Concept
What begins as a conventional stabilization shot — a pan from sky into the courtyard of the FH Hagenberg University — progressively collapses into an unstable journey through fragments, structures, and spatial details.
Close-up transformations disrupt orientation and spatial coherence, pushing the viewer to constantly re-negotiate their position within the image.
Stabilization—Destabilization (2008)
Credits
Direction | Claus Helfenschneider |
|---|---|
Sound | Hans Christoph Steiner — Solitude (2004) |