Hyperbeam is a nimble animation studio led by director Kai Higham. Functioning fluidly between solo practice and full-scale production house, Hyperbeam adapts to the needs of each project — whether that means Kai handling everything from storyboard to final delivery, or assembling a bespoke team from a trusted network of top-tier designers and animators.
You’ll find Hyperbeam’s work lighting up Rod Laver Arena during the Australian Open, in George Watsky’s DOT XXX music video, and across campaigns for brands like Grill’d, Cotton On, University of Melbourne, and IAG — to name a few.
This is a so far unreleased project. It was initially developed after an artist made contact to produce a series of images to accompany the release of an album. They put me in touch with a photographer (Instagram: draapfoot) who they wanted me to collaborate with. He sent me a these beautiful photographs. The brief was wide open beyond somehow including these photo’s.
I spoke a lot with the artist about the themes of his album and came to an idea about having these creatures lurking inside of the scenes like ghosts sort of creating some surreal journey through a nightmarish environment that feels somewhat removed or parallel to our own. Somewhere in which maybe the general laws of science and logic don’t always apply.
