Metropolis by Rob Carter – Last 3 minutes from Rob Carter on Vimeo.

Above is the last 3 minutes of Metropolis a stop-motion animation movie by Rob Carter made from images printed on paper. In the time-lapse video Carter physically manipulates aerial still images of the city of Charlotte, North Carolina (both real and fictional) to create a landscape in constant motion representing 70 years of the city’s development.

Watching the animated history of Charlotte pop-up and unfold through time, from the first house in Charlotte to the discovery of gold, from the cotton-age to the modern city and concluding with the architectural transformation of the economic boom gives us an idea of what it must be like to be a city. In 9 minutes and 30 seconds with buildings and towers springing up all over the place Metropolis reflects on the the unlimited urban growth of cities over time and “our paper thin significance no matter how many monuments of steel, glass and concrete we build.”

( Via Pop-up City)
Full version: 9 mins and 30 secs on Rob Carter.net