I may not be able to explain the following stop-motion film by Koichiro Tsujikawa, but I can promise that it is entirely mesmerizing:

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Hello. You are looking particularly smashing today. I’d like to share with you the Cybraphon – an experiment that is part nickelodeon, part antique hutch and part insecure social media junkie.

You can thank the Edinburgh-based artist collective FOUND for this magical device. It’s designed to play music based on its mood which fluctuates depending on what it hears about itself online. So, basically, the Cybraphon is a self-obsessed Robot Indie Band.

Do listen, I think it’s lovely:

There much more info and music on their site: www.cybraphone.com