Tag Archives: Animation

Art Bar

I love this animated video (below) from Whitehouse Animation. The brilliant short features works by Edvard Munch, Henri Matisse, Yves Tanguy, Salvador Dali, Marc Chagall, Paul Klee, Jackson Pollock, Vincent Van Gogh, Norval Morriseau, Pablo Picasso, Hieronymus Bosch and George … Continue reading

Posted in Animation, Art, Europe, Film | Tagged , | 1 Comment

The Driver Is Red

The moving animated documentary below is about how Israeli Mossad agent Zvi Aharoni tracked down and captured Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann in Argentina 15 years after WWII ended. It is a powerful piece of art and history. The rare … Continue reading

Posted in Art, Europe, Film, History, South America | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

When Dali Met Disney

Destino is an animated short film released in 2003 by Walt Disney Feature Animation. What makes this short animated film noteworthy is that its production originally began in 1945, 58 years before its eventual completion in 2003. The project was … Continue reading

Posted in Art, Europe, Film, movies, USA | Tagged , , , | 3 Comments

Songs of Experience

The animated film (below ) by Alex Robinson transposes William Blake’s 1794 poem London over images of an imagined contemporary London. The Blake poem references the effects of an oppressive society on people and nature. The piece is taken from … Continue reading

Posted in Art, Books, Europe, Film, Writing | Tagged , , | 1 Comment

The Year in Review

Posted in Animation, History, USA | Tagged , , | 1 Comment

…but then you read

Inspired by James Baldwin’s powerful 1963 book The Fire Next Time, musician and poet Meshell Ndegeocello created this intriguing short film based on Baldwin’s writing.

Posted in Animation, Art, Books, Music, USA, Writing | Tagged , , | 1 Comment

Hooked on Books

Bibliomania was animated and directed by Rosalie Osman

Posted in Animation, Art, Books | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Paper Trails

Paper Trail is a very trippy short film from artist Jake Fried. The brilliant animation is created with hundreds of individually constructed individuals pages, which consist of ink drawings, whiteout, and collage. Each image is then scanned to become a single … Continue reading

Posted in Animation, Art, Film, Music, USA | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Kafka Meets The Matrix

Mexican writer/director Pablo Calvillo’s animated short film Inksect is an intense Kafkaesque vision of a dystopian future where books are burned. Still, there’s some hope for bibliophiles in this surreal world captured in an engaging and original animation style. Be sure … Continue reading

Posted in Animation, Art, Books, Film | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Take a very short trip

If you click on this link, it will take you on a short trip. Use your arrow keys and space bar to control the action. The charming little animated game was created by Australian artist, illustrator, and digital designer Alexander … Continue reading

Posted in Animation, Art, Public Transport, Tech | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment