“Travelers: Snowball” by Weta Digital Ltd received a Honorary Mention in the Computer Animation category of the Prix Ars Electronica 2007.
Travelers: Snowball begins with a man walking down a steep street. He crashes through a yard sale, before tumbling head-over-heels down the hill. As the man continues to roll he creates a snowball effect, accumulating objects from the street to create an enormous ball of urban debris.
About Weta Digital Ltd
Weta Digital Ltd (NZ) is a four-time Academy-Award-winning visual-effects facility. Best known for its work on Peter Jackson’s masterpiece The Lord of the Rings trilogy and the recent King Kong, their film credits also include I Robot, X-Men: The Last Stand…
Programme information from Prix Ars Electronica Archive. Short excerpt quoted for reference; see the original page for full text, images and credits.