National Film Registry adds “Pink Panther”, “Tarantella”
Each year the National Film Preservation Board of The Library of Congress names 25 “culturally, historically or aesthetically” …
Experimental
How To Create Cartoons in Google Docs
As part of Google’s Demo Slam, a team of three artists created a piece of animation using the spreadsheet program Google Docs. Tu+ …
“Horse Glue” by Stephen Irwin
Stephen Irwin, the innovative director of The Black Dog’s Progress, has created a new experimental short made up of two films which …
Cows & Cows & Cows
Tons of artists create photo cut-out animation using After Effects, but few do it as creatively as Brighton, UK-based Cyriak. Be sure to …
“Lion in a Coma” by Ori Toor
Israeli animation student Ori Toor made this unofficial music video for Animal Collective’s “Lion in a Coma” at the Shenkar School of …
The Hulk Hands Theory by Nunub
Rotoscoped animation based on the sitcom The Big Bang Theory doesn’t sound like a particularly good recipe for entertainment, but French …
Spin by Max Hattler
Max Hattler is my kind of experimental animator. His stuff is thought provoking, aesthetically pleasing and, as far as I’m concerned, …
Eyjafjallajökull-mation
Wild time-lapse photography of the volcano by Sean Stiegemeier. (Thanks, Saschka Unseld)
Enter the Void Titles
Gut-punchingly intense titles for Gaspar Noé’s Enter The Void, designed by Noé and Tom Kan. Motion graphics, experimental animation, …
Fixed Fluid Fragmented by Michel Gagné
Trailer for Fixed Fluid Fragmented How do you do something new when you’ve already made your own animated shorts, worked on features …
101 Yeahs by Ryan Junell and Phillip Niemeyer
A masterpiece of timing and movement in four letters, 101 Yeahs is directed and animated by Ryan Junell and Phillip Niemeyer. The …
Natural Animation by David Montgomery
Florida-based filmmaker David Montgomery creates animated films entirely out of objects found in nature. The imagery found within these …
Sonar by Renaud Hallée
An elegantly layered visual representation of sound by Montreal-based Renaud Hallée. Sonar was made in Flash with keyframe animation (no …
Glitch in the Grid by Eric Leiser
Tantalizing teaser for Glitch in the Grid, a forthcoming feature by Eric Leiser, whose earlier film Imagination was mentioned on the Brew …
Kanizsa Hill by Evelyn Lee
A man is shot and can only survive as a head and a body who exist independently from one another. The forgetful body desperately collects …
The Third & The Seventh by Alex Roman
This is one of the most beautiful short films of the year. Everything you see is CG except for the photographer (shot on greenscreen), …
Cal Arts Experimental Animation Thesis Show
The graduating Experimental Animation MFA class at Cal Arts has informed us about their thesis show, going on all this week on the …
The Decemberists Perform with Animation
If I were in LA next Monday, I’d go to see this multimedia music/animation performance by The Decemberists at UCLA’s Royce Hall. With …
Yarn and Lucky
Here are two non-narrative pieces that are quite pleasing to the eye. Adam Avilla and Tony Benna have joined forces to “try our might at …
Jules Engel DVD
We’ve posted often about Jules Engel, and now the iotaCenter has released a DVD of his later, rarely seen experimental works. Jules …
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