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The Edifice segment from Saul Bass’s 1968 short film Why Man Creates. It won the Academy Award for documentary short subject.

Made in 1980. Inspired by his years as Joseph Cornell’s assistant, Jordan uses a fluid stop-motion technique with cutouts that evoke Max Ernst and Cornell’s collage work. Filmed with 16mm camera, and optical printer.

William Kentridge showing at the MOMA March 4 - Performance 8: I AM NOT ME, THE HORSE IS NOT MINE. LINK.

Part of the Performance Exhibition Series. This is in conjunction with the exhibition William Kentridge: Five Themes. LINK.

A nice drifting video for Eluvium by Portland filmmaker Matt McCormick.

Nick Veasy is a UK based photographer that uses extremely powerful x-ray cameras to photograph anything and everything that he wants to expose the insides of. This ranges from a simple leaf, to a Boeing jumbo jet. The work is stunning, and based on his recent TED talk, he plans to start shooting
x-ray video as well. Can’t wait to see that.

This is a really interesting collaborative film initiated by Simon Robson of Knife Party. They have just launched their website with an ongoing release of individual sections that will create the entire film.

Destino is unique in that its production originally began in 1945, 58 years before its eventual completion. The project was a collaboration between American animator Walt Disney and Spanish painter Salvador Dalí, and features music written by Mexican songwriter Armando Dominguez. {wikipedia}

Poem by Billy Collins, animation by Juan Delcan.

My favorite song off of their new record Teen Dream. Record also comes with a dvd with a music video for each song on it.

The Old Mill was a testing-ground for advanced animation techniques. Marking the first use of Disney’s multiplane camera, the film also incorporates realistic depictions of animal behavior, complex lighting and color effects, depictions of rain, wind, lightning, ripples, splashes and reflections, three-dimensional rotation of detailed objects, and the use of timing to produce specific dramatic and emotional effects. All of the lessons learned from making The Old Mill would subsequently be incorporated into Disney’s feature-length animated films, especially 1937’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. {wikipedia}

Charming video from Molly Allis for the band Huff This. Molly also lent her drumming skills to this track.

A new video from the team that brought us the first Hickey Underworld video.

New Animal Collective video directed by Jack Kubizne.

An interesting scultpure/art project from Anchorage, AK by artists Steph Kese and Erin Pollock. Be sure and watch the interesting video about the project on their site.

Check out the Herb Lubalin show at Cooper Union if you are in New York. His work was/is amazing.

LUIS from diluvio on Vimeo.

A little late on this, but still incredible. Another wall animation by Blu and David Ellis.

Great mood in this short from Tim Bollinger.

Lusine - “Two Dots” from Ghostly International on Vimeo.

Totally rad stop motion animation by Britta Johnson.

La Peste from La Peste on Vimeo.

A short film about the plague by Supinfocom students Olivier Dubocage, Michal Firkowski, Benoît Galland and Gildas Le Franc.

Motionographer has a nice interview with Tatia Rosenthal about her stop-motion film $9.99. The film looks really wonderful, I hope it receives a wide release around the world after the festival circuit. More info, trailer, and some behind the scenes images can be found at the official site.

Just re-watching the Cosmos series from 1980 by the late Carl Sagan, so I thought I would post this animated evolution segment from episode 2.

Great short film by Franck Dion

A classic David Lynch.

Isabella Rossellini’s Green Porno. Watch all the others at the Sundance Channel.

“An interdisciplinary project between textiledesign and the animation department of the school of art and design kassel.”

Somewhat alluring clip for Moby apparently directed by David Lynch. Hmm….
(via P4k)

Monsters: 043 Hond Wassen from Volstok Telefunken on Vimeo.

Quite a collection of entertaining short animations featuring monsters in hilarious situations. I love the sound of the characters as well.

I’ve only recently discovered the works of Jonas Mekas because of an article on him in Believer magazine. Using found footage and his home recordings he creates beautiful diary films about his friends, the memories of his life, things he encounters, and usually about nothing at all, just little moments. He is also founder of the Anthology Film Archive in New York City, and makes a short video everyday it seems, like this profound and hilarious rant about change and Paris Hilton. Did he get the spinning thing from Puff Daddy’s video diaries or did P-Diddy sample it from Jonas. Hmmmm…..

A great experimental short from 1927 by Hans Richter. This was way ahead of it’s time, funny to see how similar current pixelation stop motion videos are to this.

Some inspiration on a rainy Saturday morning from Finnish group Armi & Danny.

The 1984 classic from The Brothers Quay.

Some interesting design in this Russian version of Winnie the Pooh.

NIN: The Making of the “Closer” Video from Nine Inch Nails on Vimeo.

Still one of the best music videos to come out of the big budget 1990s. Mark Romanek narrates this great behind the scenes look at Closer by Nine Inch Nails.

Asa Arnehed’s new film Emilia is a wonderful representation of the emotional and temporal struggles of one family. Like Asa’s other shorts the use of sound and textures and open space draws you into the world of the characters.

Watch it here.
(Click on animated films in the menu and then watch the film Emilia)

Asa was kind enough to offer some insight into the project for us.

“I got the idea for the film in the spring 2006.
Everything started one evening with a conversation I had with my father, who works as a children’s psychologist. He told me about how children and families can be affected by
the fact that one parent is put in prison.
It struck me that the feelings of these children must be very ambiguous.
They want to love their parent, they are still their parent. At the same time the parent has
done something prohibited.
Are you allowed to love someone who has done something forbidden?
How is a child affected by such a situation?

I began researching the subject and soon realised there was very little information
on the subject and few resources for children in this situation.
Approximately 8-10 000 children in Sweden have one or, in some cases, both parents
deprived of their liberty.

I wanted to make an animated film about this issue and for it to be of help for these children.
A film told from a child’s point of view.

Through Kriminalvården (the Swedish institution of correctional treatment for offenders)
I came in contact with Bryggan, a non-profit organisation. Bryggan offers support to children
and young people with a parent who is or has been in prison.
I told them about all my thoughts and that I wanted to do an animated film on the subject.
I described how it is possible to use the language of animation
to express difficult and strong feelings.

Bryggan was interested in my idea and we started collaborating. We were able to realize the project
with help from the foundation “Arvsfonden” and also contributions from “Skandia Ideer för livet”.

The outcome of our collaboration is the film “Emilia”.
In addition to the film, material was also made that can be used as guidance when performing
a group discussion based on the film. The guidance material is written by Marianne Matsgård
and illustrated with images from the film.

The film mainly addresses children and young people with a parent who is
or has been in prison. Also their parents and professionals who meet this
vulnerable group through their work are an important audience.
The film is also used for the purpose of spreading knowledge on how it is
for children to have a parent in prison.”

Credits:

Producer: Åsa Arnehed
Director: Åsa Arnehed
Manuscript: Åsa Arnehed, Karl-Johan Forss och Maria Reihs
Character design and film design: Åsa Arnehed
Storyboard och animatic: Åsa Arnehed och Karl-Johan Forss
Compositing: Karl-Johan Forss
Animation:
Åsa Arnehed, karl-Johan Forss, Stefanie Bokeloh,
Christofer Ahde och Olle Söderström
Sound:
Agnieszka Lewalski och Kim Creutzer
Music: Magnus Larsson
The song in Emilias Ipod is: ”Glory to the world ” med El Perro Del Mar
Voices:
Matilda Strömbäck, Axel Andersson, Alva Vierth, Frida Röhl, Robert Jelinek
Eivor Långström, Karl-Johan Forss, Martin Vallas, Åse Åsenlund, Stina Michelson,
Anders Habenicht och Agnieszka Lewalski

Experience Videodrome.

This is been posted around it seems, but well worth another mention.

One of the greats talking about his favorite directors.

A very nice song and video. The video was directed by Ingibjörg Birgisdóttir.

Gary from Gary on Vimeo.

The textures, design, storytelling, editing, and animation are all in top form in this short from Supinfocom graduates Clément Soulmagnon, Yann Benedi, Sébastien Eballard & Quentin Chaillet.

Please Say Something - Full Length from David OReilly on Vimeo.

A great short animated film by David O Reilly.

Really cool interactive site to accompany the music video for the same song by Human Highway.

Beautiful new video directed by Overture.

M83 We Own The Sky Music Video by Dax Norman from dax norman on Vimeo.

I love this animation by Dax Norman. He’s also got some great paintings on his site. Enjoy.

Just a friendly reminder that the sun is pretty hot.

Wonderful short from 1998 directed by Russian animator Konstantin Bronzit.

Pretty fantastic animated shorts by the Crystalbeard Collective.

In 1916, the Rockefeller Foundation’s war assistance commission, concerned by the continued damage caused by tuberculosis (roughly 60,000 deaths per year), financed a campaign in France to inform the population about the spreading and treatment of the disease.

Check out this circa 1918 Public Health Film by Marius Rossillon, better known as O’Galop.

“Sweet Dreams” from Kirsten Lepore on Vimeo.

Story from North America (FULL VERSION!) from Kirsten Lepore on Vimeo.

Interesting type creations here, kid vs adult.

USDA Official Takes Courageous Stand Against Interstate Countercyclical Potato Pricing

There once was an 8-year-old boy who moved to Canada and when he arrived was held back in school because they thought he had a learning disability until they discovered that he was a genius. That boy grew up to build robots. His name is Le Trung. He is 33 years old, and has created a female robot named Aiko. He eats dinner with her every night. She can already speak 13,000 sentences, but also has the ability to learn and recognize objects. Will this be the end of us?

Brazilian artist Nele Azevedo made these amazing ice sculptures. Check out the photo gallery.

This however, is the best movie I have seen in a while. Okay, well best musical movie. True Stories directed by David Byrne. Made in 1986 to accompany the Talking Heads album of the same name. There are so many amazing scenes in this movie, here is just one of them.

Just saw this yesterday, and I highly recommend seeing it while it’s still in theaters.

The internet is funny. There has been much hullabaloo about these Animal Collective songs being leaked and posted and then taken down by the Web Sheriff. It’s a bunch of bullhockey if you ask me. Nothing but good hype for an expected album. But while trying to find one of said mp3s I ended up falling into the hole of blogsearching all over to try and find it. The Web Sheriff must be doing his job, cause I couldn’t find it. But here is a video of the track from this years Coachella. It’s a great song, I can’t wait to hear the recorded version. It really gets good around 3:50.

A funny animated installment of Pitchfork.tv’s Beardo.

A nice public poster project here.

(via Wooster Collective)

Christopher Mills, the Canadian wunderkind, is back with another delicious blend of 2d layers and beautiful camera work for The Acorn.

(via Motionographer)

Gravenhurst - Nightwatchman’s Blues from Thomas Hicks on Vimeo.

Would like to take a minute to show you how we drive fast cars.

Poster by CD Ryan. Gets your free here

(via Grain Edit)

“Cocotte-Minute” is an animated movie directed by 6 students from Gobelins,
l’école de l’image (Paris, France). Fast-paced, well animated, and pleasing.

As you may know, a zoetrope is a circular device that produces an illusion of action from a rapid succession of static pictures. Mark Simon Hewis used this technique on a human scale to a quite interesting effect to tell the story of a man’s life. The film happens fast but images last just long enough to have an effect on the viewer. I’m not sure if they did any time remapping in post on this, but if it was all in camera that is quite amazing indeed. The use of The Books driving sound collages for parts of the score only increases it’s effect.

I recently saw this short film by Tibor Banoczki in London and was quite amazed with the style and technique. It’s a beautiful blend of hand drawn animation in what seems like an after effects world. It’s quite compelling, and though I’ve tried to find it online, I believe it is circulating the film festivals now, so this short clip was all I could find. Be on the lookout for it in the next few months though…

One of the best animations I’ve seen recently. Made by Rafael Sommerhalder at the Royal College of Art.

Created with flickrSLiDR.

Last night was a blast! Thanks to everyone who came to the show, and all the artists who contributed work to the project. And also thanks to Joel & Justine at the Cairo Gallery. It’s such a beautiful space, If you’re ever in Seattle I highly recommend stopping by. We hope to have another volume sometime in the spring. If you have interest in contributing work send us a note hellografen@gmail.com

Love you!

It’s finally here! Our first show! Please come to the Cairo Gallery in Seattle on October 22nd at 8 pm!

Supervideografen Presents: The Universe and You
A collection of animated explorations and visual interpretations of our place in the big unknown.

Animations by:

Justine Ashbee
Impactist
Britta Johnson
JJ Walker
Emanuele Kabu
Paul Maupoux 
Sean Pecknold
Bill Porter
Matt Smithson
And many more!

Poster by Toby Liebowitz!

And check out the short trailer here!

The beautiful work of Masha Krasnova-Shabaeva

Recently watched this vid again from Jonas Odell , brilliant how it remains interesting throughout from the single vantage point.

I remember loving this music video by Nagi Noda at Resfest 2005, and i’ve been a fan of her work ever since. She passed away on Sunday. A sad and sudden loss of a great japanese artist.

Eduardo Recife over at Misprinted Type updates his site to version 4 with new typefaces, collages, and beautiful illustrations.

Just one of my favorite animations of all-time by the great Yuri Norstein.

Although it’s an homage to Tapeheads, it’s still pretty hilarious and relevant in today’s video industry. Let’s get into trouble baby.

I remember how much I loved this short by Kwok Fung Lam the first time I saw it a couple years ago. Glad to see it has resurfaced online. Wonderfully simple characters, story and animation.

(via No Fat Clips)

Nice flickr set of images here.

According to a study by the American Management Association, U.S. workers spend an average of 1 hour and 47 minutes per day dealing with email. Eight percent spent more than four hours a day. If that time was spent looking up into the sky and spinning around, perhaps we would be more productive as a planet.

William Kentridge is the brilliant South African born artist known for his animated films involving drawing and erasing a single drawing over a short period of time. A master of this method, a solid impression im sure to this animated film making its rounds online by the artist Blu.

RCA grad Luke Best has some nice print and illustration work.

Gigapan: An inexpensive robot that takes vast photographic panoramas with ordinary cameras. Named for the billion or more pixels it can marshal for a typical panorama.

This site is a work killer for sure. More info about it here.

I really enjoyed Werner Herzog’s new documentary.

Amazing photos from the first world war.

The Control Master is a new short from Run Wrake, creator of the widely acclaimed short film Rabbit.

Check out the amazing illustrations and collage work of Sophie Kern.

A great print project out of London.

This short film called Tuesday by the talented Asa Arnehed draws you in with it’s subtle beginning. It gives you room to breath and pay attention to the little details of an average Tuesday morning.

Robert and wife Shana ParkeHarrison “portray our polluted world in disturbingly stark monochromatic photographs.” Check out The Architect’s Brother and some of their other work as well as info on upcoming exhibitions here.

The classic short film from Three Legged Legs.