Beautiful reflections of Thai landscapes by Chillheimer.
“Boohbah:Skipping Rope (Episode 1)”-Ragdoll Productions, 2003
4 NovI remember the first time I saw an episode of Boohbah. It was after an intense 4-week teaching stint left me so physically and emotionally exhausted that I could do nothing but lie on the couch and watch TV for a week straight. This was pre-streaming days, and weekday mid-morning television had little to offer. After watching about an hour of the local schoolboard district meeting (yes I was that desperate), I switched stations to find this beautiful, psychedelic wonder aimed for lucky little pre-school children. It was comfort food for my eyes and for my soul.
Boohbah is and was a polarizing show. Folks seem to love or hate it. I am fully and firmly entrenched on the love side of the fence. Created by Anne Wood and Ragdoll Productions (the same team who brought us Teletubbies), Boohbah features costumed creatures flying through rainbow space clouds, dancing, cooing and making fart sounds. Each episode includes a live action vignette driven by a gift and the storypeople. It is pure genius. I may post more episodes in the coming weeks to help us all relax during this stressful time of year. PS-If you are an American citizen reading this- VOTE!!!
Off The Air: Death (S04E03)
2 Nov
Aired in 2014.
List of videos in this episode:
One Got Fat film supplied by the Prelinger Archives
Yield by Caleb Wood
Stillicide by Eric Ko, music by Alex Cook
“Beat the Drum Slowly” music video by Chad VanGaalen
Crowd Dynamics/UFO animated shorts by David Fothergill
“Arterial” music video by Christophe Thockler
Checkpoint by Robby Rackleff
Death Fest by Kutay Cengil
The Jump by Charles Huettner
Life Is Flashing Before Your Eyes by Vince Collins, performance by Lewis Motisher
Laura Mvula – Phenomenal Woman (Official Video)
31 OctCheck out the style on this one. Phenomenal indeed.
LuYang Delusional Mandala by LuYang
29 OctLuYang is an emerging Chinese artist who has also presented in the Chinese pavilion in last Venice Biennale. Her video, “LuYang Delusional Mandala” is really crazy, somewhat eerie and very weird video. It’s laden with ideas about neuroscience, death, theology the virtualization of the artist and many other themes. If I haven’t said it already, it’s extremely bizarre, but I recommend watching it. I think she’s on to something!
“Étude” by Robert Duncan
28 OctVimeo Says:
“Étude is a conversation between an animator and a composer, that maps line, colour and texture visually and sonically”
Animation: Robert Duncan – robertduncan.me
Composer: Laren Polic – laren.bandcamp.com/album/to-beat-or-not-to-beat













