When we bumped into TraceLoops, we were immediately fascinated by this incredibly thorough and methodical exploration of different mediums in animation.

We spoke to Matthias Brown about this practice, why he’s drawn to meticulous processes and why he extensively records and shares the process behind his work.

He told us about how this type of animation is a way to understand how things work, and how, similarly to what happened to painting when photography first appeared, he feels an impulse to rethink what this medium is and what makes it special outside of a broad use-case.