Syzygy

Hilarious work by rising young Thames Ditton animated film-maker, who comments: "Syzygy - a whimsical animated short film of 2 minutes that conceals deeper themes: a scientist toils away at a seemingly useless project; a commonplace item can become an object of worship to an alien race who do not know its provenance. The word "syzygy", a good score in Scrabble, means the conjunction and opposition of two planets, or the conjunction of two organisms without loss of identity, or a pair of connected or correlative things. And as you see, all three here.... "