'Olaf is real' shock!

The formerly Istvan Fallokesque Olaf Schneider makes a rare appearance outside cyberspace to drop some real Yellow Paper in Trafalgar Square, London, 2004.

PHOTO: NEXTER COOPER

Be sure to have the sound turned on for these Flash animations, and to give them a few moments to load. They all open in a new window as they are hosted externally. You need to have installed Flash version 5 or later to view them. If you don't, click here to download it for free. This page has been updated a number of times over the years; the most recent animations are listed first. Enjoy! - Olaf

The Dream of the Kraken

The Kraken speaks from the depths of the exobrain at 3am. Featuring Russell Hoban reciting his own poem - an SA4QE exclusive.

Night outside

Olaf writes: 'One of my (many) favourite quotes from Turtle Diary'.

Turtle navigation

More turtle thoughts swim through Olaf's mind.

Night-drive to Polperro

Take a ride with William and Naeara from Turtle Diary.

Soho streetlights

Olaf notes: "This year (2006) I didn't manage to drop my yellow paper in time. Anyhow, my only excuse is that I wanted to drop my SA4QE close to the place of Istvan Fallok in Soho. And then there was this hopping thing which attacked me. When I got my consciousness back, the yellow paper was gone but I did a photograph of the site of crime..."

So high, so going-away

As expressed by Kleinzeit. A new year special, to see in 2006.

Voices of the Starfield

Max and Lola, Lola and Max... a beautiful new animation based on a key scene from Her Name Was Lola, created specially for Christmas 2005.

The Pigeons of Trafalgar Square

An epic journey through the London landmark, as celebrated in Amaryllis Night and Day. Another Christmas special.

The Olive Tree

A special animation for 4/2/2005 featuring a classic Hoban quote from The Medusa Frequency.

London Transport Owls

Yellow paper on the escalator - another virtual location-specific 4Qation for 4/2/05.

Full moon spring tide turtle wind

An evocative extract from Turtle Diary. The Chopin nocturne of animated Hoban quotes.

Wheel of Action

A quote from Fremder with the words animated by a Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction. Be warned, this is very science-fiction-like...

The rolling passage in the darkness of my mind

As thought by Sarah Varley on an Underground journey in The Bat Tattoo. Complete with authentic London Underground soundtrack.

"This is your life"

From the "Memory's Arrow" chapter of Amaryllis Night and Day.

Aristaeus's Story on the potsherds

"Broken pieces want to come together," said the brain, "they want to contain something..."

Another delightful piece from The Medusa Frequency.

Three o'clock in the purple-blue morning

An atmospheric extraction from The Medusa Frequency.

The Flickering

Flicker-film by Gösta Kraken, from Fremder and (in part) The Medusa Frequency.

What a convenience

One of my (many) favourite quotations from The Medusa Frequency.

Golden Windows Homeward

Video sequence from the Turtle Diary film with text from The Medusa Frequency.

The Mouse and His Child Dance

A short film of the original wind-up toy used by Russ at his lecture to the San Diego State University on October 17, 1990.

Nighttrain

An animation based on an excerpt from The Medusa Frequency.

Who left the yellow paper?

Inspired by the hibiscus light of The Marzipan Pig.

An animated Fremder cover

Animation of Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction placed on Fremder book cover; accompanied by Chopin’s Mazurka in A Minor, Opus 67, No. 4. Unfortunately it’s not the Ilse Bak recording...

The District Line at Notting Hill Gate

“A poem at its place” from The Last of the Wallendas.