{"id":8891,"date":"2026-10-28T07:12:50","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T14:12:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/?p=8891"},"modified":"2026-10-28T07:12:50","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T14:12:50","slug":"a-macro-journey-underwater-reveals-the-radiant-geometries-of-coral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/?p=8891","title":{"rendered":"A Macro Journey Underwater Reveals the Radiant Geometries of Coral"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/iteration-7.jpg\" alt=\"A Macro Journey Underwater Reveals the Radiant Geometries of Coral\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Armed with high-magnification macro lenses, filmmaker Sandro Bocci journeyed through coral reefs to document a striking array of color, texture, and pattern. A project for Bocci\u2019s collective <a href=\"https:\/\/www.juliasetlab.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Julia Set Lab<\/a>, the short film homes in on the intricacies of a life form we can\u2019t see with the naked eye. Subtle shifts in gradients, bold color juxtapositions, and a seemingly endless diversity of recurring motifs explode across the frame, revealing the beauty and complexity of the extraordinary organisms growing below the water\u2019s surface.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Set to music by Maurizio Morganti, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/1224671736\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Iteration<\/a>\u201d is the second collaboration by the pair, who continue to harness the power of technology to create works at the intersection of art and science. Watch the film on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/juliaset\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vimeo<\/a>, along with additional films.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1406\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/iteration-3.jpeg\" alt=\"a still of a detailed image of coral patterns\" class=\"wp-image-478886\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1406\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/iteration-2.jpeg\" alt=\"a still of a detailed image of coral patterns\" class=\"wp-image-478885\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1406\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/iteration-1.jpeg\" alt=\"a still of a detailed image of coral patterns\" class=\"wp-image-478884\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/members\">Colossal Member<\/a> today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/2026\/10\/iteration-coral-reef-film\/\">A Macro Journey Underwater Reveals the Radiant Geometries of Coral<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/\">Colossal<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Armed with high-magnification macro lenses, filmmaker Sandro Bocci journeyed through coral reefs to document a striking array of color, texture, and pattern. A project for Bocci\u2019s collective Julia Set Lab,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rss"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8891\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}