Colossal featured Maria Tomazou’s I made a film in Excel on 5 November. The software choice raises a question: what happens when a familiar tool leaves its usual job?
Instead of discussing the most powerful software, we’re discussing constraints. An unusual working surface offers resistance, potentially prompting another rhythm or way to assemble an image. That’s our interpretation, not a promise that spreadsheets replace animation packages.
Separate this experiment from production commitments to a team. Personal work may be inconvenient without proving a return on every minute. Sometimes the result exists because someone wanted to make it. Miscellaneous expenses finally have an interesting neighbour: miscellaneous possibilities.
