Powers of Ten Flipbook

Powers of Ten is a flip book featuring two image sequences inspired by the emblematic short films of Charles and Ray Eames, reinterpreted by the artist, designer, animator, and tinkerer Kelli Anderson (A-Side) and interdisciplinary art director and digital artist Adam Pickard. 

In 2015, Kelli created a small remake of Powers of Ten by stitching still images together by hand, frame-by-frame. All of the animation frames are found images from Google image search results. “Two people on a picnic blanket”, “hand on chest”, “earth from space”, etc. were plucked from their original contexts (where they were not congregating to form the Powers of 10) to recreate a false visual continuity.

This edition features a second animation on the flip side, created by interdisciplinary art director and digital artist Adam Pickard using some fabulous AI techniques.