Rare footage of real liquid crystals

Max Cooper ’Music of the Tides’ - official music video by Ben Outram [no CGI used in this film!] Music taken from Max Cooper’s compilation ’Balance 030’: Limited edition art prints are available from Max’s store: - - - Other credits: Video edit by Jennifer Tividad Video grading by Myles Bevan - - - What you see may look like computer generated imagery, but it’s actually real lab footage of liquid crystals under a microscope, warping in structure and bending light to create these beautiful scenes of nature in action. The footage was taken by researcher Ben Outram at Oxford and Leeds Universities, and has been edited by Jennifer Tividad into this music video, set to a new track of mine just released on my Balance 030 compilation. No need for me to give further explanation, as we have it from the expert, Ben Outram! Enjoy, Max. - - - Early researchers in liquid crystals thought that liquid crystals might be some form of life. In fact, liqui