This short animated film is absolutely mesmerizing.
Newly orphaned and freshly wounded from a loss, a boy lends his friend a prosthetic arm for the day. The friend records the limb being exposed to different textures and materials, documenting the process. As the moon inches closer and closer towards the sun, the friend sees something unusual reflected on the water’s surface… What will become of the limb, and of the video recordings?
Animation and music by GABRIEL GABRIEL GARBLE
This video series by Orian Barki and Meriem Bennani, made while self-isolating because of COVID-19, is amazing. Be sure to check the other episodes too.
How do artists capture movement? What happens when our actions become codified – or exploited? A fascinating video-essay by Alan Warburton
Yilmaz Sen designed Balenciaga’s latest social media campaign. The artist imagined a set of avatar-type models in Resort 2019 outfits looking blankly at the camera whose bodies slowly start to contort.
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“It’s already spinning, why not add an animation? Now you can be distracted by a cat video while you get out that nervous energy. It’s a simple design: two wheels, two bearings, two caps for your thumb and forefinger, and a drum with slits in it press-fit together.”
No words to describe this. David O’Reilly is a genius. End of story.
You do know I’m a Tetris fan, right?
Questo è il christian rock che sognavamo. Ma che non ci azzardavamo nemmeno ad immaginare. Un po’ di atmosfera natalizia in anticipo ce la regalano i Sin Destroyers, la “rock band più cristiana del mondo”. Il videoclip di Gifts to the world racconta come Gesù Cristo si sia sacrificato affinchè ognuno di noi possa ricevere i balocchi di natale…
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Tutta la storia dell’arte contemporanea in sette minuti. Da Van Gogh a Philip Guston. Passando per Munch, Picasso e Bacon. Un corto (vincitore di un Oscar nel 1993) realizzato da Joan Gratz con la tecnica della clay-painting, plasmando argilla a base di colori ad olio. Niente morphing, insomma…
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Il cinese Saiman Chow ha realizzato un video in claymation (plastilina animata) dedicato a Hello Kitty. L’ha fatto in occasione della mostra Hide and Seek, allestita ad Hong Kong per celebrare i 30 anni della gattina più famosa del mondo. Imperdibile.
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