Submarine Channel

Subprime for Dummies

It’s an animation that visualizes the mass psychology of greed, aspiration and the inexplicable lust for picket fences which landed the American (nay, global!) housing market in the fine mess it is today. Created in Cinema 4D, Beeple’s retro-hued summary of the cyclical progression (or should that be regression?) from simple human survival to mindless, debt-heavy consumerism comes with crisp, soothing audio by Nobot that lends an air of pastiche to the proceedings.