# animate! › Films › Perpetual Motion in the Land of Milk and Honey by AL + AL › all › synopses › direction & collaboration › full production credits › film stills › tools & processes › format & distribution › background material Canonical: https://animate.org.uk/films/perpetualmotion/all Discovery terms: 2000s animation, 3d cgi, live action and animation, motion tracking, invention, energy, family history, experimental short film, filmmaker, artist The following is the archived page text; discovery terms above are separately sourced metadata. Archive status: restored in 2026; historical calls, deadlines and services are closed. --- **Perpetual Motion in the Land of Milk and Honey** a film by AL + AL 2004, 6 min 22 sec [Film / embedded media](https://player.vimeo.com/video/404041796) ![Perpetual Motion in the Land of Milk and Honey, still: Staging the Death of God](https://animate.org.uk/stillslarge/perpetualmotion07.jpg) Staging the Death of God ### animate! synopsis AL + AL’s grandfather James Brown is a retired engineer and inventor living in the north of England. The film re-fabricates his lifelong endeavours to break the law of physics and create a perpetual motion device. Free power for the people will produce a land flowing with milk and honey. ### key credits **director** AL + AL ### AL + AL #### short biography AL + AL graduated in Fine Art from Central Saint Martins School of Art in 2001. They subsequently received studio awards from ACAVA and Acme to build a live-and-work blue screen special effects studio in London. Their work has attracted an international audience through film festivals, site-specific installations, gallery exhibitions and television. Their previous animate! commission [Perpetual Motion in the Land of Milk and Honey](https://animate.org.uk/films/perpetualmotion/), their first film for television, was winner of the Centre of Attention Arts Prize in 2005. June 2005 #### artist’s photo ![AL + AL, portrait](https://animate.org.uk/films/downloads/animate_ALandAL_portrait01.jpg) January 2006 ### animate! films by this artist [Interstellar Stella](https://animate.org.uk/films/interstellarstella/) [Perpetual Motion in the Land of Milk and Honey](https://animate.org.uk/films/perpetualmotion/) #### artist’s website [AL + AL](http://www.alandal.co.uk) AL + AL’s website ### a film by AL + AL ### direction **director** AL + AL ### support **primary funding** an animate! commission funded through Finetake by Arts Council England and Channel 4 © AL + AL 2004 [![Perpetual Motion in the Land of Milk and Honey, still: *Perpetual Motion in the Land of Milk and Honey* title card](https://animate.org.uk/stillslarge/perpetualmotion01.jpg)](https://animate.org.uk/stillsfull/perpetualmotion01.jpg) **Perpetual Motion in the Land of Milk and Honey** title card - *click on image for full size still* [![Perpetual Motion in the Land of Milk and Honey, still: The 4th Shed](https://animate.org.uk/stillslarge/perpetualmotion02.jpg)](https://animate.org.uk/stillsfull/perpetualmotion02.jpg) The 4th Shed - *click on image for full size still* [![Perpetual Motion in the Land of Milk and Honey, still: The Big Hole](https://animate.org.uk/stillslarge/perpetualmotion03.jpg)](https://animate.org.uk/stillsfull/perpetualmotion03.jpg) The Big Hole - *click on image for full size still* [![Perpetual Motion in the Land of Milk and Honey, still: The Way](https://animate.org.uk/stillslarge/perpetualmotion04.jpg)](https://animate.org.uk/stillsfull/perpetualmotion04.jpg) The Way - *click on image for full size still* [![Perpetual Motion in the Land of Milk and Honey, still](https://animate.org.uk/stillslarge/perpetualmotion05.jpg)](https://animate.org.uk/stillsfull/perpetualmotion05.jpg) *click on image for full size still* [![Perpetual Motion in the Land of Milk and Honey, still: The Infertile Drive](https://animate.org.uk/stillslarge/perpetualmotion06.jpg)](https://animate.org.uk/stillsfull/perpetualmotion06.jpg) The Infertile Drive - *click on image for full size still* [![Perpetual Motion in the Land of Milk and Honey, still: Staging the Death of God](https://animate.org.uk/stillslarge/perpetualmotion07.jpg)](https://animate.org.uk/stillsfull/perpetualmotion07.jpg) Staging the Death of God - *click on image for full size still* [![Perpetual Motion in the Land of Milk and Honey, still: The Cross](https://animate.org.uk/stillslarge/perpetualmotion08.jpg)](https://animate.org.uk/stillsfull/perpetualmotion08.jpg) The Cross - *click on image for full size still* [![Perpetual Motion in the Land of Milk and Honey, still: Elevator Descending into Absence](https://animate.org.uk/stillslarge/perpetualmotion09.jpg)](https://animate.org.uk/stillsfull/perpetualmotion09.jpg) Elevator Descending into Absence - *click on image for full size still* [![Perpetual Motion in the Land of Milk and Honey, still: Lamb Alchemy](https://animate.org.uk/stillslarge/perpetualmotion10.jpg)](https://animate.org.uk/stillsfull/perpetualmotion10.jpg) Lamb Alchemy - *click on image for full size still* [![Perpetual Motion in the Land of Milk and Honey, still: The Conveyor Belt](https://animate.org.uk/stillslarge/perpetualmotion11.jpg)](https://animate.org.uk/stillsfull/perpetualmotion11.jpg) The Conveyor Belt - *click on image for full size still* [![Perpetual Motion in the Land of Milk and Honey, still: The Power Station](https://animate.org.uk/stillslarge/perpetualmotion12.jpg)](https://animate.org.uk/stillsfull/perpetualmotion12.jpg) The Power Station - *click on image for full size still* [![Perpetual Motion in the Land of Milk and Honey, still: The Pursuit of Infinity](https://animate.org.uk/stillslarge/perpetualmotion13.jpg)](https://animate.org.uk/stillsfull/perpetualmotion13.jpg) The Pursuit of Infinity - *click on image for full size still* [![Perpetual Motion in the Land of Milk and Honey, still: The Land of Milk and Honey](https://animate.org.uk/stillslarge/perpetualmotion14.jpg)](https://animate.org.uk/stillsfull/perpetualmotion14.jpg) The Land of Milk and Honey - *click on image for full size still* ### technical #### process summary Digital 3D animation sourced from authentic drawings, combined with live performance, motion tracking and self-generated sound treatments. ### master copy format **format** DigiBeta **colour or black & white** colour ### video distribution format **video format** DigiBeta **screen aspect ratio** 16:9 **video standard** PAL **sound type** stereo ### distributor LUX [info@lux.org.uk](mailto:info@lux.org.uk) +44 (0)20 7503 3980 [www.lux.org.uk](http://www.lux.org.uk/) ### production material #### reference images **pre-production concept still** ![Pre-production concept still](https://animate.org.uk/films/downloads/animate_perpetualmotion_concept_still01.jpg) Pre-production concept still **pre-production concept still** ![Pre-production concept still](https://animate.org.uk/films/downloads/animate_perpetualmotion_concept_still02.jpg) Pre-production concept still ### music cue sheet [animate_perpetualmotion_music_cue_sheet01.pdf](https://animate.org.uk/films/downloads/animate_perpetualmotion_music_cue_sheet01.pdf) #### promotional and other documents **christmas greetings** ![AL + AL’s emailed Christmas card 2003](https://animate.org.uk/films/downloads/animate_ALandAL_christmas_2003.jpg) AL + AL’s emailed Christmas card 2003 **leaflet** ![Emailed flyer for _Till Death Do Us Join_](https://animate.org.uk/films/downloads/animate_ALandAL_exhibition_flyer01.jpg) Emailed flyer for *Till Death Do Us Join* An exhibition of video, sculpture and site specific Installation by: AL + AL Keith Bowler Orla MacCormac Sherridan Stymest in the crypt underneath St. Pancras Church, Euston Road, London NW1. 20 September – 4 October 2003. AL + AL’s gallery work *Till Death Do Us Join* was completed during their start of production on **Perpetual Motion in the Land of Milk and Honey**. ### first public screening **channel 4** 15 November 2004 **Perpetual Motion in the Land of Milk and Honey** film, stills and other materials © AL + AL 2004