Vertebrae
An Introspective Animation Series
An introspective journey in search of self and the elements that define us. A series of experimental short films born from the need to explore universal themes such as love, identity, and spirituality through a deeply personal and symbolic visual language.
Vertebrae Lomborum – inward topographies
“I drive out of heavento the industrial zone and to my salvation.”
Vertebrae Lomborum is almost a visual diary sketched on paper. The car journey becomes a metaphor for an inner navigation to keep from feeling lost—where the road has no geography, but instead follows a landscape made of flesh, memories, and visions.
“Highly symbolic, imbuing every frame with deep meaning… the hand-drawn animation brings a visual and narrative uniqueness that is bound to captivate audiences.”
Vertebrae Lomborum – an architecture of desire
“I want to be beast and vegetable, woman and tree, architecture and river.”
While Vertebrae Lomborum explored isolation, Vertebrae Sacrum celebrates contamination. The beloved body is no longer a mere external object, but a meridian along which one loses oneself to be found—transforming the act of observing into a sacred and transcendent ritual.
Vertebrae Axis – the vortex of change
“Because a sense of balance comes with the vortex, sometimes, not with a lull.”
Vertebrae Axis explores the relentless necessity of change. The short film opens with the dissolution of boundaries between the self and the world, projecting into a dimension where identity is not a fixed point, but a dance of features in constant deformation.
“Wow, what a journey. Love the use of the eyes/face as a device to dive into the story. The mix of spatial morphing elements and fluid camera work kept me waiting for the unexpected.”
– BUCK
Vertebrae Atlas – the embrace of the universe
“She was the vertebrae that propped everything up, lights that penetrate the chest”
In Vertebrae Atlas, the search for identity finds its completion in the encounter with a mythical, universal figure. Inspired by model and muse Johara, this short film transforms the female body into an ancestral entity: no longer merely a body, but the very foundation upon which reality rests—a ‘vanishing point’ that evolves into an ’emotional frontier’.