ONE REVOLUTION PER MINUTE - a short film by Erik Wernquist

[@NIL0S]

Born too late to be a pioneer, born too early to be an explorer. I envy the generations that will get to experience these vistas first hand. Remember us that are lost, and make it worth your while.

[@L5Resident]

We are the pioneers and explorers! Only those doomed to wallow in depression think otherwise!

[@starman2220]

No, we are the first generation

[@NIL0S]

@@L5Resident yes and no. What I mean is that my generation is way too late to be the first movers, and way too early to enjoy the full potential of it. I'm gen X (in my forties now). My dad saw the live Moon landing on TV. I'll be lucky to see Mars being set foot on by humans in my lifetime...

[@youcefmounir4897]

​​@@NIL0SI hope we will can delay aging in the next few years

[@FotoEpicRu]

Truer words were never spoken...

[@mac1716]

I love the big wall of mirrors at the beginning that's reflecting earth. the way they're framed like paintings, its as if saying "what work of art could we hang here that's more beautiful than the view outside?"

[@SirThanksalot_1]

and then they say "in case of vertigo please avoid looking at the windows" *proceeds to build some mirrors*

[@l00kns33]

The funny thing about the mirrors is that they don't seem to be ray traced, and thus aren't reflecting light unto other surfaces. In my mind they look more like windows. Makes me wonder if my mind is playing tricks on me... Looking closer there are diffused light on the floor that could be reflections, I don't know, it just have a feeling like something is missing. It's a magnificently beautiful short regardless!

[@altitudesfs9656]

@@l00kns33 the modelling and composition is on-point however. i felt like they made a scifi scene seem relatably practical to some degree

[@erik_carter_art]

This is truly such a stunning piece of artwork! You transported me to a place and time that I wish so badly I could live in. You took me to Kim Stanley Robinson's future, to James S. A. Corey's future, or something dreamed up by Isaac Asimov. This was an absolute joy to watch. Thank you!

[@ErikWernquist_DigitalArtist]

Thank you very much!

[@NoseyNick]

Arthur C Clarke, perhaps with help from Kubrick. 2001 A Space Odyssey... but dragged up to date for 2023 for sure 🙂 Love it ❤

[@Djfmdotcom]

@@ErikWernquist_DigitalArtist It's truly remarkable... if you'd like to use any of my more ambient electronic compositions in your work, please let me know :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/n5SZgqmJedmdr6M

[@hedgehog3180]

I though the reveal was gonna be that the passanger was Isaac Asimov and this was actually a window into his imagination.

[@pden]

Art speaks where words are unable to explain.

[@DEADPEDAL]

That last shot literally took my breath away. Absolute perfection.

[@clobbyhops]

Erik Wernquist deserves a Oscar for this work

[@mamawau]

The last shot with the light hit hard, great work as always!

[@hunnyjar8937]

Incredible juxtaposition. Humans have been taking in the beauty of the galaxy since antiquity. The scene of an elder looking into the night is a very old scene. It certainly gives a unique feeling to see

[@MonkeyJedi99]

@@hunnyjar8937 The whole video felt sad or depressing to me. All that volume, no lights, no people, no motion, the music, the hollow echo of the safety audio, then the single older person on that huge station. Like there was one person left to mark the final passing of humanity.

[@hunnyjar8937]

@@MonkeyJedi99 two reasons why I disagree: 1, the loneliness part. I think it's left open for the viewer to interpret life into the lobbies and halls and cabins, what the passengers are like and what the atmosphere would be if the ship were filled. It's like looking at a lush planet, visibly living from space, but not seeing what creatures inhabit the planet. 2, animation limitations. While this guy is absurdly good, animating people (or in this case, I BELIEVE, layering video of a person onto the animation) is difficult from what I hear. In wanderers, models were simple, far away, or 60% of the shot in the case of the girl on Saturn. Having an old man with a high class demeanor gives for slow, simple movements and allows more resources for other things.

[@goldeneagle8259]

@@MonkeyJedi99 no, it's the best way to truly enjoy the beauty of the universe, not being distracted by anybody.

[@MonkeyJedi99]

@@goldeneagle8259 I STARTED my previous comment with "The whole video felt sad or depressing to me." That makes my assessment subjective, not objective or scientific. I cannot BE wrong when I am expressing my feelings about a thing. - You, however state your assessment as an absolute. And all it takes is my disagreeing with you to make your whole premise fall down. hunnyjar8937 expressed a counter-opinion AS opinion. So I had no rebuttal for their comment.

[@mattchandler600]

Wow. I love that opening line - "sights I'd like to see, from places I'll never be". How perfectly that line summarises what follows. Beautiful film.

[@hugoh1614]

Imagine swimming at the Moonlight, imagine walking through a little forest while spotting the Hellas Planitia at your zenith, imagine appreciating two butterflies at the immensity of Jupiter, imagine the tales that the blue Neptune will inspire you. We shall fight for this future. We shall see the stars in the final void. Thanks for this beautiful work, this is art, I hope we can reach this, somewhere, someday.

[@matthewhall319]

"Wanderers" is my favorite short by a mile. Glad to see you return!

[@ColonelTux]

This is the most amazing space station visualization since 2001: A Space Odyssey! I particularly liked the long distance shot of the station orbiting Neptune at 5:20. After absorbing a sense of the huge mass and scale of the station from the inside, it shook me to see how small and frail it looks against the backdrop of the planet. All the works of mankind are tiny compared to the vastness of space.

[@patrickreadjohnson_moonwatcher]

YES. The quiet serenity-- The grand scale... and, yet... the sense... that our most epic accomplishments, are still, just tiny glints in the endless sea of stars... Powerful stuff.

[@benjamingeiger]

My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings; Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair! Nothing beside remains.

[@Psyfi85]

@@patrickreadjohnson_moonwatcheryep, it’s quite daunting to think they predict by 2347 humanity will achieve Type 1. Yes, the K scale is hypothetical but it just seems so far off.

[@Khannea]

This. Made me cry.

[@Ricardo-lb4so]

We need more visionaires like you. Stunning artwok.

[@IvicaMilaric]

Fantastic pacing and the overall sense of rhythm is perfect! I bet it's easy for any one of us to imagine being that older person experiencing all of that cosmic wonder.

[@idavid8391]

This is stunningly beautiful. Thank you, Tom Scott, for sending me here so I can also watch the galaxy in motion...

[@jakejuracka]

Absolutely incredible work! I'd pay real money to have this put into a realtime renderer like Unreal Engine and made playable in VR. I wouldn't need any gameplay, just enjoying different rooms on the ship would be indescribable I'd imagine! I know that the VR rendered environment wouldn't look as real as the one in this video, but if the detail can be reduced to the point of rendering in Unreal, it would be a hell of a place to visit.

[@homecinemademo]

Amazing! I will dream good tonight.

[@Cris1s989]

I’d be puking my guts out aboard this thing but, Wow! That was Beautiful. I haven’t felt that captivated by a short movie since Astartes.

[@tbrosz]

Actually at 1 RPM, there are normally few inner ear problems.

[@esmenhamaire6398]

I only came across your work less than half an hour ago. Thank you from the bottom of my heart! Seeing Armstrong land on the moon when I was 11, reading O'Neills book on space colonies.. I was so excited about the future possibilities, and hoped that one day I might be amongst those exploring Mars, and maybe eventually retire to a home in an O'Neil Island Three at L5. I am retired now, and, needless to say, sad at how things panned out. Thank you so much for creating examples of the future that may yet come to pass, but that I will never live to see. It's beautiful, and uplifting. You've made an old lady very happy!

[@meuuder]

Just wow. You are and always have been my favourite creator on this platform. No one else manages to evoke this strange urge to explore like you do

[@LordTheProut]

Feel like it will happen soon and so dizzying, simply dizzying...Wonderful.

[@oberonpanopticon]

I’m glad to be part of the generation that will pave the way for things like these. Hopefully.

[@Richoutandtouch]

Makes me nostalgic of a world I will never know . Beautiful

[@Laerei]

The most zen experience I have had all month. Just like when I take long walks, the inner wanderer reaches out and takes the reins, taking me to places that I have yet to explore, to discover new sights and find opportunities to experience. But when I watch this it, the wanderer takes my imagination instead, to places much more wonderful to behold.

[@TheKeenTribe]

I hope you received an award for this, because you definitely deserve it! Above and beyond job!!!

[@AstroPeppers]

Extraordinary job Erik, astonishing visuals and editing! The music really perfectly fits and gives an almost nostalgic feeling from a voyage we'll never see. Thank you for this short journey!

[@honeyloops]

Came from Tom Scott's newsletter. Incredible short film. Props to the creators.

[@bingtang8772]

Wow!! What's awaiting us ahead.. reality is way more fascinating than fiction. We will be amazed.

[@digitalcavalier]

Been so looking forward to this and it did not disappoint. Was completely transported for every second of the 6:22 running time. A real masterpiece.

[@tj2745]

Very beautifully conceived & presented both visually & audibly.

[@BeC0o1]

Oh my god. The final scene, the moment the man turns off the light. Literally gave me chills.

[@paulschlusser1085]

I've always found it curious that scientists and engineers presume that our vestibular system would get hopelessly confused in a spinning artificial gravity environment such as a space station like this one. Your PA announcement alludes to this problem. Yet we have aerobatic pilots, race car drivers, parachutists, even bicyclists who all seem to cope on a daily basis with far more extreme and disorienting G forces than the supposed coriolis forces which would make us all nauseous in artificial gravity environments. I'd put money on the fact that this would be a matter of a few hours acclimation (or a day or two at most), after which the strange curves and slight shifts in gravity when we stand or sit would become so normalised we'd have to "unlearn" it when returning to a linear gravity field of a big planet. We've put in so much effort learning to live in zero-G including the medical problems that entails and so little effort to validate artificial gravity as a way to avoid the problem altogether.

[@johnmanderson2060]

This is mesmerizing, perfect 👍🏻 thanks a million for the ride.

[@kungfuchimp5788]

Simply beautiful. More please.❤

[@MrDionysos01]

thank you KZbin for recommending this video. it is breathtaking. It is short but impactful of what might be the futur in space for us humans.

[@tristanwegner]

The dramatic lighting changes makes me question, if we will point any rotating space structure with windows with its axis towards the star, so the light keeps it angle like on a planet.

[@ErikWernquist_DigitalArtist]

I personally believe that a realistic implementation of something like this would require no windows at all, or a very much larger radius and thus much slower spin rate. However, with this short film my main idea was to play visually with the moving lights and shadows as well as the spinning views.

[@SirHeinzbond]

just found this jewel of imagination, creativity, knowledge of physics and design and been flabbergasted that there was a video i didn't know i missed so hardly in the universe of KZbin until now!

[@cheeseboi8769]

i cam here from Tom Scott Great work, this is amazing!!

[@DinoBoiRex]

did he mention this short film in one of his videos? i'd like to know which video that was!

[@cheeseboi8769]

He has a weekly newletter where he links any videos he likes alot. Im not sure if he still runs it considering his retirement from yt@@DinoBoiRex

[@dungeon_memelord623]

@@DinoBoiRex it was from his newsletter

[@DinoBoiRex]

@@dungeon_memelord623 ah i see, thanks! 👍

[@Anthrofuturism]

Love this so much

[@morenofranco9235]

Erik, thank you fou the journey. I will definitely be here in my next life.

[@gmpineiro987]

Every so often I come back to watch Wanderers, its so inspiring. Your work is truly amazing.

[@guyconiglio8223]

Award winning @Erik Wernquist ! thanks for sharing my enthusiasm for the amazing Creation we live in!

[@quentinarrius]

You just scratched an itch I've had for years! Thank you!

[@baahcusegamer4530]

Wonderful work!!! So very glad to see you continuing to post such epic centerpieces!

[@nexcromnec3390]

You have put to visuals what the greats of sci-fi and futurism have done with word and pen to inspire thousands and millions around the world and across many ages, of a brighter and hopeful future. This, just like them is an awe inspiring vision of the future and the beauty of the cosmos, outstanding job! Outstanding!

[@Alex_Bil]

How magnificent and fantastically beautiful everything is!

[@ahoog69]

Hauntingly beautiful…perhaps one day humanity will achieve this…what I wouldn’t give to be there.

[@ArztvomDienst]

The level of detail and the perfect natural light is absolutely incredible. Carl Sagan would've liked it as well, pretty sure.

[@mindbender3379]

Beautiful - always wonderous work - very inspiring & uplifting!!!

[@DaveSnelson-ox2vv]

Beautifully done. Thank you.

[@CplHicks31415]

The opening line says it all. Thank you.

[@matteominellono]

I was watching this while taking my breakfast this morning. It changed completely my daily prospective, something that I apply every day but it doesn’t naturally belong to me. It brought me directly to my inner me, the explorer and the discoverer. And it brought an inner peace that changed literally my day. Thank you for this unexpected trip

[@petriepretorius4085]

Watched this many times over since yesterday... What a masterpiece!!! 😮😃 Showed it to someone else... Better than in any movie, is interstellar travel displayed in detail here... Really, this is awesomely done Erik...

[@SClerckx]

Thank you for making this, your short films have been a strong motivating force for me. I will doubtlessly replay this one endlessly

[@YusufDegri-s2k]

Thank you... I find your films incredibly inspirational. They have a poetry to them.

[@nutnnut9347]

Top tier dream destination, i wish i live long enough to see one.

[@wallywalpamur4951]

Dealing with mental health issues, my psychologist advised me to practice mindfulness to give me a break from the bs of life. Your videos are perfect for that. Thanks.

[@Skyfalcon12345]

That scene with the mirrors would've turned my computer to slag. Truly awesome

[@dannyM7M]

May our heart be the architect of dreams and our mind be the engineer. Masterful piece of rendition. I would live and die on here. Bravo to your work!

[@josuebille4855]

Omg! ❤ I can't wait for see in VR! 😮

[@Salisbury2015]

This is stunningly beautiful. I was left feeling sad when it was over, because I'll never get to experience what this is actually like. I envy future generations that will one day get to see our solar system like this.

[@its.bonart]

Just speechless. Beautiful, beautiful work.

[@tomaszkarwik6357]

Thanks, Tom scott, for recommending this in the newsletter. This is an amazing video.

[@PeterLechner]

I love this so much! I'll come back here every now and then to enjoy this piece of art again

[@InebriatedPlutarch]

I love the background effect at 3:08, imagine watching this in a true IMAX theater. Nice work.

[@blankidelics]

This is amazing. I love this.

[@dibspace0]

I love the narration. I thought you had Marina Sirtis from Star Trek doing it for a minute! That voice gave it a very nice nostalgic touch. Way to go everyone involved

[@qpwodkgh2010]

"All that glass just waiting to break." Carl Urban -Star Trek. That's what I'm thinking. Sure, beautiful, great visualization and fantastic presentment.

[@proadmin1]

Could be transparent aluminum - or bulletproof glass, but at 14000kph I doubt it would much matter.

[@Husmanmusic]

This is incredible!

[@chrisgaming9567]

This and the old "wanderers" short film are brilliant

[@scottmairs9014]

This is simply stunning. Exquisite. It's a future I want for this species. This is my favourite station design, barring none, in any form of media. You have an incredible knack of keeping it feel extremely grounded in reality. And the soundtrack - please please release it!!!

[@dipperspace]

another masterpiece from the creator of the future 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@JauneShark]

Wow, am I glad I subscribed to that newsletter.... This is absolutely beautiful. Hauntingly so.

[@adamtubak]

Erik, as always. Marvelous Images and implacable execution. (Wanderers still brings me to tears every time i watch it for inspiration, and your version of "Gosh" is something that I have yet found anything comparable to in storytelling) Thank you!

[@CharlesNSteele]

So well done - such thoughtful use of light and shadows. And dialog.

[@godydg]

I loved the short, it really transports you to another time and place. And I don't know if I imagined it, but is it a cameo to Isaac Asimov at minute 4:43?

[@TimestormFilms]

Absolutely stunning work! A big inspiration.

[@D3rAdmin]

This is literally insane. I feel like i am in the middle of the scene. Emotions have been awaked that only interstellar by nolan could. I sat in front of my 4k tv and 5.1 suround system with my eyes becoming bigger and bigger. Eventually i caught myself with an open mouth while starring into the mindboggeling graphics and completeley immersed into the sound. The end with the guy turning of the light is perfect. Please dont stop doing such movies!

[@SagaAlayyoubi]

Beautiful work

[@Gnevnyj]

This is a technically marvelous work, breathtaking in its realism and beauty. There were times I dreamt like that, too. However, the imagery of a tourist ship for ultra-rich, while ecosystems back on Earth are getting destroyed by their companies, is no longer as inspiring. I prefer seeing places with no division between patrons who pay and workers who serve them.

[@theeastman9136]

Great job! Fascinating concept and images. Thank you.

[@sissycarolina4863]

Enthralling, amazing, beautiful!

[@superkartoffel7479]

Crazy animation! Tha'ts just insane! I always belive that such illustrations of what could be will spark a fire in those who will one day go to Mars, Saturn, the stars, our galaxy, virgo and lanikea.

[@zhuofanzhang9974]

5:53 is one of my greatest fears: Although humanity has the ability to travel to other planets, we're still confined by social customs where business suits are still required to look professional... Loved the bending swimming pool scene. Mind bent with it.

[@hbt5427]

Another amazing work, So beautiful!

[@stardusttraveler8766]

You inspire us unendingly :) i dont know how many times went back to watch Wanderers both when feeling down and both when im happy. And now you got us even more and further

[@bruceboatwright7488]

Beautiful, and the music only adds to it. Very much enjoyed this.

[@coramoor195]

Fantastic video and the accompanying music fit perfectly

[@trnobles]

beautifully rendered! the shifting lights are really mesmerising... great music too!

[@BrilliantDesignOnline]

The curved surface pool is off the charts. I am glad you put a human in for some lifefullness.

[@fromnorway643]

Maybe that idea came from Arthur C. Clarke's description of a cylindrical ocean in his novel _Rendezvous With Rama._

[@met1calf]

What a beautiful work of imagination, it just keeps drawing you deeper until lights out Then you realize you were just enlightened. Thank you for sharing such a stirring piece.

[@jdiezastronomy]

Such a beautiful film! Bravo!

[@silverhurst7241]

Absolutely beautiful. I just found your video via Universe Today, and I imagine you'll get a lot more views thru him. As beautiful as this is, it definitely shows why most rotating habitats are going to need to be built mostly window-free except for a few tourist/recreation areas. As cool as it looks here, and probably in a vr game too, living with that visual rotation for long periods would likely be psychologically distressing. Of course since we've never built any kind of rotating habitat, we really have no learned clue about that, or even if humans, plants or animals can even thrive in a rotating habitat physically, little alone psychologically. We really need a small station with sections along a rotating tether at Lunar, Mars, and Earth gravity for research soon so we can confirm our beliefs. Microgravity research is essential, but research into the viability of permanent human survivability in space is just as important (and I'd argue even more so), and has been totally neglected as humans start planning missions to Mars and the Moon.

[@marktrubetskoy5074]

Amazing work! Absolutely love your space films!

[@normanquednau]

I love this piece of art! Attention to detail is what I relished the most! The light of our sun getting dimmer and dimmer as we travel to the outer planets... And in the milky way at the end, I saw the sky as it is, with Lyra. My brother calculated the diameter of the wheel being 970 meters, in order to provide 1G. What results do you others have? 😊

[@fromnorway643]

I got 895 metres of radius for 1 g of centrifugal force. The description says 450 metres and 0.5 g, so that's in good agreement with my calculation. The onboard gravity - at least on this deck - would thus be about 30 % stronger than on the surface of Mars.

[@stuartnetherclift7566]

Beautifully done again - thank you!

[@jackr2287]

Looks like a real luxury liner, with those swimming pools.

[@jakubkarwacki7292]

Through these beautiful animations you give me hope for a happy life in the future. Thank you.

[@hamzaebrahim5121]

That's wonderful 😊 😊😊

[@SFish-wr4kh]

The majority of the video reminded me of the game Echo -- endless echoing halls of ornate baroque architecture filled with tables and chairs waiting for... no one. There's something hauntingly eerie about luxury in the absence of anyone to enjoy it. Outstanding video.