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Quarxs created between 1990 and 1993, was one of the earliest computer animated series. It predated '' ReBoot.
Each episode was made in HDTV and no more than three minutes long. Only twelve episodes of the original series of 100 have been created. The title was meant to describe a common name on mysterious, omnipresent and invisible creatures that were bending the laws of Physics, biology, optics... Discovered by a CryptoBiologist researcher, the Quarxs are presented as being the only and last explanation of the imperfection of the world.
Quarxs is the only fiction animated series by Maurice Benayoun, contemporary artist who dedicates his later work to media art. The series was conceived together with François Schuiten well known Belgian comic book designer. Quarxs has been widely awarded in international events and festivals (see list below) such as SIGGRAPH, Imagina, Ars Electronica, ISEA, Images du Futur, Sitges, Tampere, International Monitor Awards… The series has been broadcast in more than 15 countries around the world.
Creatures:
- Amperophile; Attracted to electrical currents
- Carno-lampire; A quarx mentioned, but still not described
- Elasto fragmentoplast; Breaks small objects
- Electricia; Causes electrical incidents
- Mille-folio; Lays between the animate and the inanimate
- Mnemochrome; Copies artworks
- Paleoquarxs; Considered a range of primitive Quarxs
- Partio scopa dextra; Visible only from the right side
- Polymorpho Proximens; Takes the shape of nearby objects
- Reverso chronocycli; Reverses the flow of time
- Spatio Striata Exists; Only present in some slices of space
- Spiro Thermophage; Absorbs the heat in plumbing systems
- Voltophage; Feeds on electrical currents