selfburning: field.

An intense and amazing experimental short from Russian animation and experimental motion team Selfburning.

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jonathan boulet + special problems: community service announcement.

There is nothing to not like about this. A simple but eye-grabbing execution from New Zealand directing collective Special Problems for Jonathan Boulet’s “Community Service Announcement.”

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christian robinson + daria tessler: dinosaur song.

Dinosaurs. Automatic win. A sweet little memory trip animated by Christian Robinson to a poem by Daria Tessler.

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anthony burrill: acid washed.

No words. Should’ve sent a poet. Some vintage-tinged graphic kick ass from U.K. designer Anthony Burrill.

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more soon: tales of the unexpected.

Wow. This is two years old, but I had to post it. Commissioned by Denmark’s Ei’Kon, More Soon’s ‘Tales Of The Unexpected” is simply one of the best pieces of motion design I’ve ever seen. Ever.

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daniel kleinman + plane stupid: polar bear.

Ok, so first off, holy fuck! Secondly, this is really not very subtle. I’m not sure when polar bears became the sole animal mascot for global warming (I get it, ice caps melting and all, they’re relatively close to panda bears, but still…) Thirdly, the connection between the carbon footprint of your flight equating to the weight of a polar bear is a little tenuous for me and the message isn’t insightful, just shocking and heavy-handed. But, back to my original thought, which was… holy fuck! It affected me enough to post it, so there must be something going on. Or maybe I’m just stressed out now. Holy fuck.

No holds barred work for the Plane Stupid campaign from Mother London, directed by Daniel Kleinman and produced by Rattling Stick.

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rhett dashwood: mite.

Very cool micro/macro exploration from Rhett Dashwood.

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benjamin ducroz: press +.

Grainy, twitchy, glitchy, water-coloury, brown-papery goodness from Benjamin Ducroz’s abstract animation “PRESS +.”

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phantomcolor + l’ascenseur: squint.

Described by creator Phantomcolor as being “interpreted visually as a succession of fluids one drinks at a lazy saturday morning breakfast”, “Squint” is a long, languid visualization set to the L’Ascenseur’s song of the same name. I have no idea where the breakfast thing comes in, but I don’t really care.

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jérémie périn + flairs: truckers delight.

So wrong it’s right. Jérémie Périn’s video for Flairs’ “Truckers Delight” manages to pull of being radiant in its vulgarity and basically just awesomely fucked up. I’m not sure what else to say but: a) it’s 8-bit, it’s my kyrptonite, I can’t not blog it, and b) totally NSFW. Unless you work in porn.

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