“Migration follows a large creature that falls from the skies to a small, almost deserted, town. Like he does every year, he roams through the countryside following his animal instincts to take him back home.
Shot on Super 8mm film and combining CG animation, Migration tells the story of these creatures by relying on pure visual narrative.” http://www.fluorescenthill.com/migrationpress.html
From the filmmaker’s vimeo description:
“You Know Not How To Love” is a personal experimental project based on my collage artworks.It is a set of three projects that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single piece or as three individual animated collages.
I Graduate
II Senior
III Sophomore
“Now grab my heart and shake my body, as if this broken life of mine was on fire”
Please watch in HD, headphones recommended.
The music composition is by Jacaszek.
If you happen to be in Minneapolis, MN in the next few months, check out the new show, Hippie Modernism, at The Walker Art Center.
From The Walker Art Center website:
“Loosely organized around Timothy Leary’s famous mantra, “Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out,” the exhibition charts the evolution of the period, from pharmacological, technological, and spiritual means to expand consciousness and alter one’s perception of reality, to the foment of a publishing revolution that sought to create new networks of like-minded people and raise popular awareness to some of the era’s greatest social and political struggles, to new ways of refusing mainstream society in favor of ecological awareness, the democratization of tools and technologies, and a more communal survival.”
In the spirit of Halloween, this week’s post features spooks, ghosts and bats in Mary Ellen Bute’s experimental animated film from 1940. Mary Ellen Bute was a groundbreaking filmmaker in her own right, but her gender makes her contributions to early experimental cinema all the more powerful. Unfortunately, the you tube upload incorrectly labels Norman MacLaren as the director (the fabulous Mac Laren was indeed an animator on the film, but direction was all Ms. Bute’s). Just look at how awesome she was!
This gem was suggested by my friend, animator Amy Lockhart. Amy has been featured on the DPV blog a couple of times in the past with “Miss Edmonton Teenburger 1983” and “Walk for Walk”
This gem was brought to me by my former student and awesome TA, Super Josh Weisbrod.
Ido’s post the other day featuring the 1977 Israeli animation “The Banana Bender”, made me think of the lovely 1971 film “The Point”. Created by musician Harry Nilsson, the animated film follows the travels of Oblio and his dog Arrow as they escape the oppression of their pointy headed countrymen.
Nilsson’s explained synthesis of The Point: “I was on acid and I looked at the trees and I realized that they all came to points, and the little branches came to points, and the houses came to points. I thought, ‘Oh! Everything has a point, and if it doesn’t, then there’s a point to it.’”-Jacobson, Alan (May 2004). “What’s The Point? The Legendary 1971 Animated Feature on DVD”. Bright Lights Film Journal (44). ISSN 0147-4049
Nilsson’s soundtrack is sweet, melancholy and lovely. Here is an excerpt featuring one of my favorites, “Think About Your Troubles”:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2O3cUN8yWk
And another groovy one “Are You Sleeping” where the animation team makes fun use out of the optical printer and animated morphs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=At2IIzug0WQ
The entire 75 minute film can be streamed here:
Two weeks ago I posted some of my favorite trippy GIFS, and I had to do a part two. These were all sourced from the giphy website:
The Daily Psychedelic Video 