animation
Philip Stapp
2011 ::: movie
Symmetry (1966)
'Symmetry' (1966) 10m, dir. Philip Stapp Stapp was one of the greatest animators working in the 1950-1975 era, using stylized, often pointillist abstract imagery, in a floating world sometimes surrealist, at other times reminiscent of Japanese "ukiyo-e" illustration.
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'Symmetry' (1966) 10m, dir. Philip Stapp Stapp was one of the greatest animators working in the 1950-1975 era, using stylized, often pointillist abstract imagery, in a floating world sometimes surrealist, at other times reminiscent of Japanese "ukiyo-e" illustration.
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Gerald McDermott (b.1941)
2011 ::: movie
The Stonecutter (1960)
McDermott made this, his first commercial film at the age of 19, an extremely complex animation short featuring approximately 2000 animation cels presented in six minutes.
Influenced by Klee and Matisse, McDermott used silk-screen as well as traditional painting techniques in crafting ethnographic folk tale animation shorts.
With films that are startling in intensity, and majestic in execution, McDermott is clearly one of the outstanding animators of his generation, despite having an output consisting solely of only five films, all of which are under 12 minutes in length. After retiring from film animation at the age of 32, McDermott began producing animated children’s books, eventually becoming one of the world’s best-known authors of books for young readers, winning numerous awards in the process.
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McDermott made this, his first commercial film at the age of 19, an extremely complex animation short featuring approximately 2000 animation cels presented in six minutes.
Influenced by Klee and Matisse, McDermott used silk-screen as well as traditional painting techniques in crafting ethnographic folk tale animation shorts.
With films that are startling in intensity, and majestic in execution, McDermott is clearly one of the outstanding animators of his generation, despite having an output consisting solely of only five films, all of which are under 12 minutes in length. After retiring from film animation at the age of 32, McDermott began producing animated children’s books, eventually becoming one of the world’s best-known authors of books for young readers, winning numerous awards in the process.
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Paul Julian/Les Goldman
2011 ::: movie
Hangman (1964)
A cynical look at how humankind loves to feed others into the death machine, from a disturbing poem by Maurice Ogden, read by Herschel Bernardi. Shadows and shifting geometric planes lend a Chirico-like quality to Julian's animation.
Great musical score by Serge Hovey
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A cynical look at how humankind loves to feed others into the death machine, from a disturbing poem by Maurice Ogden, read by Herschel Bernardi. Shadows and shifting geometric planes lend a Chirico-like quality to Julian's animation.
Great musical score by Serge Hovey
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Yoshinao Satoh (b.1961)
2011 ::: movie
Papers (制作) by Yoshinao Satoh
A brilliant structuralistic animation made with japanese newspapers
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A brilliant structuralistic animation made with japanese newspapers
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Tim Burton (b.1958)
2010 ::: movie
One of Burton's first films, Vincent, is a six minute stop motion animation about a young boy who wants to be Vincent Price. Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.
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Piotr Dumala (b.1956)
2010 ::: movie
Arev Manoukian
2010 ::: movie
Nuit Blanche
Nuit Blanche explores a fleeting moment between two strangers, revealing their brief connection in a hyper real fantasy.
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Nuit Blanche explores a fleeting moment between two strangers, revealing their brief connection in a hyper real fantasy.
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Doll Face
2010 ::: movie
A machine with a doll face mimics images on television screen in search of a satisfactory visage. Doll Face presents a visual account of desires misplaced and identities fractured by our technological extension into the future.
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Christian Ruud & Kim Holm
2010 ::: music
Narcisso Loco
2010 ::: offart
by Blanche Alix / Xtron
France / 2002 / Color / 108 / Production : Canal+
Blanche Alix, prisonner of her reflection in the mirror, recomposes a new face for herself for complete fulfillment.
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Pet Shop Boys - Go west (Extended Version)
2010 ::: music
Go West is a cover version of the Village People song of this name from 1979. Reinterpreted to reflect the decline of the Soviet Union, the aesthetics of totalitarian marchpasts are revived in lavish computer graphics, and the destination of the journey is now the Promised Land of pop capitalism.
Bio-/Filmografie Howard Greenhalgh directs music videos for Pet Shop Boys, Placebo, Sting and others.
GB 1993
Regie Howard Greenhalgh
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Bio-/Filmografie Howard Greenhalgh directs music videos for Pet Shop Boys, Placebo, Sting and others.
GB 1993
Regie Howard Greenhalgh
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Quizás, quizás, quizás
2010 ::: fashion
Khoda by Reza Dolatabadi
2010 ::: movie
What if you watch a film and whenever you pause it, you face a painting? This idea inspired Reza Dolatabadi to make Khoda.
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The Forest by David Scharf
2010 ::: movie
Antonia is a 12 year old girl. She often has daydreams, in which she wanders of in to a magical far away forest, were she hides from the problems of the real world. One day, however, her father takes drastic measures and she has to face a decision.
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Jan Lenica (1928-2001)
2010 ::: offart
- Rhinoceros (1965) A animated version of Ionesco’s tale, a play on the theme of conformity.- Ubu and the Great Gidouille- Labyrinth
Jan Lenica's checkered career has encompassed excursions into music, architecture, poster-making, costume design, children's book illustration, and all aspects of filmmaking. It is, however, for his animation that he is best known, particularly his collage and "cutout" films, which have their roots in the art of Max Ernst and John Heartfield. The films have influenced the work of Jan Švankmajer and Terry Gilliam.
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Logorama
2010 ::: offart
This is a short film that was directed by the French animation collective H5, François Alaux, Hervé de Crécy + Ludovic Houplain. It was presented at the Cannes Film Festival 2009. It opened the 2010 Sundance Film Festival and won a 2010 academy award under the category of animated short.
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Casey Neistat
2010 ::: offart
The Ethics of Stealing a Bike
between a movie in a movie and a performance with a subtle irony „new mediasmile“, Casey Neistat videos are a kind of conceptual brilliant dilettantism. On this movie he mixes different layer`s of perception into a state of question, what kind of ethic and social behavior are below pictures, words and the common value system.
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between a movie in a movie and a performance with a subtle irony „new mediasmile“, Casey Neistat videos are a kind of conceptual brilliant dilettantism. On this movie he mixes different layer`s of perception into a state of question, what kind of ethic and social behavior are below pictures, words and the common value system.
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Jeff Mission (b.1963)
Swim
A live video feedback performance by VJ Jeff Mission. The smooth, colorful waves in this piece were generated by chaining together two pieces of equipment - an Edirol V4 video mixer, and a JVC JX-C7 Video Corrector - in a continuous loop, then making incremental adjustments to the settings on the JX-C7. The result is a digital organism, composed of pure feedback, that can be manipulated at will. The technique used in this piece is one of the core components of his live performances.
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Stelarc (b.1949)
2010 ::: offart
Jan Švankmajer
2010 ::: movie
Food (1992)
Jan Švankmajer (born 4 September 1934 in Prague) is a Czech surrealist artist. His work spans several media. He is known for his surreal animations and features, which have greatly influenced other artists such as Tim Burton, Terry Gilliam, The Brothers Quay and many others.
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Jan Švankmajer (born 4 September 1934 in Prague) is a Czech surrealist artist. His work spans several media. He is known for his surreal animations and features, which have greatly influenced other artists such as Tim Burton, Terry Gilliam, The Brothers Quay and many others.
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Aleksandr Petrov (b.1957)
2010 ::: offart
BluBlu
2010 ::: offart
MUTO
the new short film by Blu
an ambiguous animation painted on public walls.
Made in Buenos Aires and in Baden (fantoche)
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the new short film by Blu
an ambiguous animation painted on public walls.
Made in Buenos Aires and in Baden (fantoche)
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Rich Ragsdale
2010 ::: offart
dance/movement test for experimental film
is a short intense work with an interesting combination of traditional dance moving scenes (expressionismus, butho, artaud, ect) and an atmospheric sound.
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Andrew Huang
2010 ::: offart
Doll Face
A machine with a doll face mimics images on television screen in search of a satisfactory visage. Doll Face presents a visual account of desires misplaced and identities fractured by our technological extension into the future.
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Ah Pook Is Here (1994
Directed by Philip Hunt
Writing credits
William S. Burroughs
Music from the album "William S. Burroughs - Dead City Radio"
Track 4 - "Ah Pook The Destroyer / Brion Gysin's All-Purpose Bedtime Story"
Music By, Performer - John Cale
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Writing credits
William S. Burroughs
Music from the album "William S. Burroughs - Dead City Radio"
Track 4 - "Ah Pook The Destroyer / Brion Gysin's All-Purpose Bedtime Story"
Music By, Performer - John Cale
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Parson Brown
2009 ::: music
"Mexican Standoff"
is a music video for the Dutch band Parson Brown. The story is about a 3-sided love affair that goes absolutely wrong, and the hearts that break along the way. The technique is pencil drawings on paper, which were then scanned and composited digitally.
Director: Bill Plympton
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Thorsten Fleisch (b.1972)
2009 ::: offart
Gestalt (2003)
DV, 5:20 minutesFour-dimensional quaternions (fractals) are visualized by projecting them into three-dimensional space. Instead of modeling objects of human imagination the realm of mathematics is explored. Only the variables of one formula (x[n+1]=x[n]^p-c) were changed. It took me about a year to get an idea of the transformations and shapes which could be expressed by this formula. Almost another year was needed to render the sequences which I decided to use.
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Mary Ellen Bute (1906-1983)
was a pioneer film animator who did much of her work in visual music. She was one of the first female experimental filmmakers in the U.S. From 1934 until 1953, she made 14 short, musical abstract films, working in New York. Many of these were seen in regular U.S. movie theaters, such as Radio City Music Hall, often before a prestigious film. Several of her films were also called "Seeing Sound" films
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"1895" by Priit Pärn
2009 ::: movie
The amazing true story of the invention of cinema, and the subsequent delay of all other inventions. Estonian animator Priit Pärn made this film in 1995, the 100th birthday of the cinematographe.
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Poemfield No. 2
2009 ::: offart
Poemfield No. 2 1966, 5:40 min, color, sound
Computer animation by Stan VanDerBeek and Kenneth Knowlton, made at Bell Laboratories in 1966.
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Portofino (2009)
2009 ::: music
Patrick Watson
2009 ::: music
The Great Escape
I really wonder why Patrick Watson isn't more well known. This video from Secret City Records, 2007. By Alex Produkt and Kathleen Weldon
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Malek Khorshid
2010 ::: movie
