2007-02-14 Screensaver "Vernanimalcula"

Screensaver Vernanimalcula
Tale of Tales Vernanimalcula 2006
Courtesy of Tales
It was in response to an order from the National Bank that the Tale of Tales artist duo - composed of Auriea Harvey and Michaël Samyn - designed the Vernanimalcula screensaver. This word, which means "small spring animal", is the name given to a primitive animal that lived on the seabed 580 to 600 million years ago. Vernanimalcula is the earliest known animal with bilateral symmetry, which explains the organic and symmetric nature of this creation. Between the tangled lines of the design, the viewer can make out shapes and figures, so it defies the imagination all the time you look at it.

This screensaver is the first piece of computer artwork that the National Bank has commissioned under its contemporary Belgian art sponsorship policy. It is automatically available for anyone working in the institution and members of the public can also download it free of charge.

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