Stephanie Maxwell is an animation filmmaker who was invited by the Exploratorium’s film program for a short residency in the spring of 2006. While Maxwell’s films are not specifically about nanoscale science, the Exploratorium staff saw the potential for her work to reference qualities of the nanoscale. Achieved through an animation process that directly alters the film surface with paint and other media, the highly energetic and rapid motion of abstract forms in her films evokes a state of constant motion consistent with the nanoscale environment.
