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Alessandro Vitali: PinkOculus (2012)

7 Feb

This animation represents A. Vitali’s interpretation of Dante’s Divine Comedy.

Vadoinmessico – Teeo

1 Feb

Music video from the previous incarnation of Cairobi. Animation by Rafael Bonilla. Another claymation vid from the band was featured earlier this month.

Tin Pan Alley Cats (1943)

31 Jan

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x98sa4_tin-pan-alley-cats-1943_shortfilms

This jazzy WB cartoon includes a wonderful trip segment.

Off the Air: Work (S06E03)

25 Jan

Aired in 2016.

List of videos in this episode:

Ill Capo by Yuri Ancarani
Magic Cube and Ping-Ping by Lei Lei
Psychometrics by Alan Warburton, conference call audio by Zach Scott
Gummie Chernobyl by Ian M. Miller
Desktop Deltaware by Mark Fingerhutt
Hands: They’re Here to Stay by Tyler Russo
Banjo Gyro! by Grady Sain
“True Vulture” music video by Galen Pehrson, produced by Sara Cline
Monster V by Steven Lapcevic
Pizzocalypse by Kokofreakbean
“Never Get Ahead” Chic-a-Go-Go footage provided by Jake Austen

Swing You Sinners! (1930)

24 Jan

Max Fleischer toon with Bimbo the dog.

Off the Air: Clowns (S06E02)

18 Jan

Aired in 2016.

List of videos in this episode:

“Delmax Siefbecq” music video by Clowncore
Title sequence by Bent Image Lab
Night Clowns, cinematography by Jonathan Rej
Clown Rave 2016 by Kytten Janae
Unabomber Speckles drawing provided by R. Land
Clown Center by Dylan Jones
Wigz by Robby Rackleff
Wrinkles Steals Kids Balloons excerpts by Cary Longhamps of Anomalous Films
Clown Drone by Renee Lusano

I Am Rebel: The Love Drug

17 Jan

A TV documentary about Sasha Shulgin’s life’s work. Produced and written by Matt Wolf for National Geographic.

Off the Air: Shapes (S06E01)

11 Jan

Aired in 2016.

List of videos in this episode:

Title sequence by Natalia Stuyk
“Birds of Paradise” segment from Planet Earth supplied by Getty Images; Bird of Paradise Hook Up by Jamie Margary
Amalgam by Jack Turpin; Totally Normal by Andrew Benson; Hug by Julia Pott
Ghillie OneWheel footage by David Lewandowski; “Morgan 3000” music video by Benjamin Janos-Szabo Hunter; BDAY/KSS/TMLSS/LST_RLM by Kidmograph; Landscapes by Amy Lockhart
Drone footage by Renee Lusano
Cavernous Womb by Annapurna Kumar; “Girl Seizure” music video by Gabriel Mangold, originally for the song by Last Ex; Swirls by Masanobu Hiraoka
Wake Up to the New Now by Matthew Silver

The following artists provided additional animated loops: Zachary Zezima; Kevin Eskew; Annapurna Kumar; Julia Newhide; Jack Turpin; Alan Jennings; Andrew Benson; Allegra Jones; Adriana Trukillo; Benjamin Janos-Szabo Hunter; Rachel Seropian; Tim Brown; Gina Maune; Dina Kelberman; Kaylee SooHyun Lee; Ana Mouyis; Sian Bliss; and Maureen Kuo.

Vadoinmessico – In Spain

10 Jan

This is Cairobi before they changed the name of their band. They got fed up with having to spell the name to everyone.

Dan Deacon: U.S.A.

4 Jan

Aired in 2013.

List of videos in this Off the Air special music video:

El hombre y la Tierra excerpt
Radical Updates by Andrew Benson
Cityscape Chicago by Eric Hines
Space Station footage supplied by Image Science and Analysis Laboratory at NASA’s John C. Stennis Space Center; Groosland by Dutch National Ballet, footage provided by Poorhouse International, Ltd.; CGI space objects by Adam Bruneau
American Harvest film supplied by Prelinger Archives
Head On by Lior Ben Horin
Murmuration by Liberty Smith and Sophie Windsor Clive
Cy’s Sunrise Lefts by Cyrus Sutton and Korduroy.tv
Moonwalk performance by Dean Potter, cinematography by Reel Walter Productions, Ltd.
Primavera concert videos by Tom Bingham, Gill Austin, Jonathan Rej, and Jeff Crocker
Stone Mountain Ghillie Suits feat. Cody DeMatteis and Zach White, cinematography by Alan Steadman