Surface is a an experimental film that's quite literally upside-down. It poses the question: “What would the world be like from an underground perspective?” Designer/director TU + (Varathit Uthaisri)'s unique approach was part of UND-VIS, a thesis project for MFA Design and Technology at Parsons The New School for Design. Below is the finished product, as well as a music video that tested the process.

As TU +'s website explains: "This 'urban symphony' transforms human actions and street objects into beats that harmoniously compose a grand audio and visual composition. The film emphasizes the ideas of ‘point of contact’, ‘human identity’ and notion of ‘live footprints’. [It's] an exploratory process of understanding the unique vision from underground."

"The primary premise is not focusing on representing the reality or documenting life from underneath, instead attempt to illustrate the concept of shifting in perspective through various methods of simulations and prototyping."

CREDITS

DIRECTOR+DESIGNER
TU+ // Varathit Uthaisri

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Jun Oshima

SOUND DESIGNER
PLUM // Napat Snidvongs

PRODUCTION ASSISTANCE
TONG // Thitawan Chaiwong