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Category Archives: Animation
Monday, Monday, can’t trust that day
Film studio “Animācijas Brigāde” is a stop motion puppet animation film studio, producing puppet films and commercials. Working in classic stop motion technique, the Riga-based studio was founded in 1966 by a puppet film and theater director Arnolds Burovs and since … Continue reading
Posted in Animation, Art, Books, Europe, Film, Maps, USA, Writing
Tagged Latvia, Mappa Mundi, Neil Gaiman, Philip Roth, stop motion animation
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“Mourir auprès de toi”
Directed by the inimitable Spike Jonze the short film “Mourir auprès de toi” (“To Die by Your Side”), which takes its title from one of the emotionally wrenching Smiths’ song, is a love story for booklovers, set in Paris’ beloved … Continue reading
Posted in Animation, Art, Books, Bookstore Tourism, Europe, Film
Tagged Paris, Shakespeare and Company, Spike Jonze, stop motion animation
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‘Don’t be a tourist – be an Explorist’
The folks from Denmark’s tourism marketing group Visit Denmark have cleverly brought major artworks such as the Mona Lisa, Girl With the Pearl Earring, Van Gogh’s self-portrait, and the Statue of Liberty to life using AI to encourage travelers to … Continue reading
Still Life
The mesmerizing video below was made with more than 1400 engravings from the 19th century, Still Life is a meditation on subject/object dualism. The film explores the idea that we live in a world of objects and a world of … Continue reading
Cover to Cover
Over the years, I have featured posts on the clever work by German graphic designer and animator Henning M. Lederer. He recently released a mesmerizing video for his ongoing “Books & Sleeves” project where he manipulates abstract geometric patterns featured … Continue reading
Posted in Animation, Art, Books, Europe, Film
Tagged album art, book cover art, Cover Art, Graphic design
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Underground in Berlin
Regular visitors to Travel Between The Pages are well aware of my fascination with public transit systems and their maps. So it will come as little surprise that I am mildly obsessed with the hypnotic website Ubähnchen which is a … Continue reading
Posted in Animation, apps, Europe, Public Transport, Tech, Tourism
Tagged Berlin, Germany, transit maps
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