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the noble rot   10.23.2007, 4:25 PM

posted by ben vershbow

Observe these gorgeous Rorshach mold blots blooming their way across the pages of old books. A video by Ben Hemmendinger, found on Vimeo.

The piece is titled "Edelfäule," which a little Googling reveals to be German for "noble rot" -? "referring to BOTRYTIS CINEREA, the beneficial mold responsible for the TROCKENBEERENAUSLESE wines." (Epicurious Wine Dictionary).

Thanks Alex for the link!

Posted by ben vershbow on October 23, 2007 4:25 PM
tags: animation, art, books

comments (2):

Chris Meade on October 25, 2007 11:08 AM:

This is beautiful, very personal, a moving tribute to books, wine, mould, father..

Ben Hemmendinger on November 5, 2007 8:16 PM:

Hi,
grandfather actually!

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