Inthefallof2010,aYouTubevideoofanAustralianPacificSuncruiseshipthatwasstruckbytempestuouswatersintheTasmanSea,causingitsfurnitureandpassengerstoswaybackandforthinaneerie,otherworldlycadence,wentviral.Inoneofhismostambitiousworksyet,internationallycelebratedGermanvisualartistThomasDemand(knownforhistrompel'oeilphotographsofthree-dimensionalpapermodelsofrealspacesandsettings)hasrecreatedthePacificSunvideousingafull-scalesetconstructedcompletelyoutofpaper.The100-secondvideocomprises2,400frames,shotframe-by-framewithateamofanimatorswhoretracedthevacillationsofeachitemseveralmillimetresatatime.Fifteenmonthsinthemaking,PacificSunisasmeticulousasitisbewitching,anodetotheforcesthatlieoutsideofourcomprehensionbutseduceourimagination.