Archive for Film & Video
Now I Wanna, Be Your Dog
February 12th, 2010 • Film & Video
Tags: music, video
A subversive take on the casting process directed by Georgie Greville of Legs.
Architecture Porn: The Third & The Seventh
January 26th, 2010 • Film & Video
Tags: Architecture, design, design porn, surrealism, video, video art
Alex Roman’s The Third & The Seventh. Amazing!
Netherlandish Proverbs Live Action Video
January 24th, 2010 • Film & Video
Tags: contemporary art, Motion Graphics, surrealism, video, video art
WARNING! Turn the music down, the song with this video is just AWFUL. But, the video is an amazing recreation of Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s Netherlandish Proverbs.
San Francisco 1905 vs. Air’s La Femme D’Argent
December 30th, 2009 • Film & Video
Tags: san francisco, video, vintage
Just beautiful!
The Manipulators
December 16th, 2009 • Film & Video
Tags: animation, art, experimental animation, video
The Manipulators by Clare E. Rojas and Andrew Jeffrey Wright. Do you think they were listening to Blondie’s Rip Her to Shreds while working on this?
Elio: A Short Film
December 8th, 2009 • Film & Video
Tags: animation, music video, short film, video
Poster board nipples are hot! Stop frame animation, from Rob Diaz, shot with a Nokia XpressMusic 5800 smart phone.
Tim Bollinger’s Between
November 24th, 2009 • Film & Video
Tags: indie film, surrealism, video, video art
Between, a a short film by Tim Bollinger.
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The Life and Times of a Seed
November 23rd, 2009 • Film & Video
Tags: animation, Motion Graphics
“The Seed” by John Kelly uses stop motion with papercraft and 2D animation.
A two-minute animated voyage through nature’s life cycle, following the trials and tribulations of a humble apple seed.
The Synesthetic World of Terri Timely
October 22nd, 2009 • Film & Video
Tags: video, video art
Synesthesia directed by Ian Kibbey and Corey Creasey, the two members of Terri Timely
Jumping Through Glass In Your Underwear
April 7th, 2009 • Film & Video
Tags: video
The video “We Have Decided Not To Die”, by Australian director Daniel Askill, is visually stunning. The film projects a feeling of distance with its eerie soundtrack but compels you to watch for its bizarreness of motion and beautiful cinematography. The film is told in three parts or rituals and reminds me of works from Doug Aitken and Mathew Barney, but not as obsessed with it’s own mytholgy as Barney’s work.
Naughty, Naughty, Naughty! You Filthy Old Soomka!
March 24th, 2009 • Film & Video
Tags: dystopia, film, scifi
Now showing at SFMOMA, a total dystopian love fest. With the current crop of awful science fiction movies over the past few years. It’s time to revisit the good old days of tomorrow. And not that I’m suggesting taking mind altering substances for viewing of these films, but one has to wander what was in the water back then and where can I get some now, and does it come bottled? There are some fantastic worlds of despair that have a viscerally visual pleasure that seduces you into watching a grim forecast of the future today. Read more »
It’s the End of the World
January 9th, 2009 • Film & Video
Tags: cult classic, film, indie film
Koyaanisqatsi (1982) is a visually arresting and culturally relevant film today. It’s scored with a pretentious soundtrack from Phillip Glass and is probably the ending is probably a little too obvious, but it’s way more entertaining than an Al Gore Power Point presentation and not as thrilling as LA being ripped apart by tornadoes in The Day After Tomorrow. Read more »
