Animated Film for CATK's Quorum

In CATK’s hive-city, a wrong turn becomes part of finding a new direction.

CATK created Quorum, an animated short about a bee swarm navigating a hive-city shaped by automation and productivity. Through playful bee movement, data-like lines, and an original score, the film frames a wrong turn as essential to collective decision-making.

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Quorum is CATK’s self-initiated 2026 research film, with concept, design, animation and music credited to the studio.
A bee swarm inhabits a city that doubles as a hive, linking collective insect behaviour to human expectations around productivity and automation.
Bodies become lines and data before returning to physical form, moving the film between living creatures and abstract systems.
The score moves from warm, driving melodies into minor keys and dissonance as the routine begins to feel strained.
A wandering bee introduces the productive detour. The title refers to the decision point at which a swarm reaches consensus about where to go next.