Category Archives: Animation
Mars? Pfft. Who wants to live on that boring red kip?
Come the time when extraterrestrial colonisation becomes unavoidable, why not relocate to Earth’s ‘sister planet’?
A 96% carbon dioxide atmosphere.
Mean daytime temperatures of 737 K (464 °C).
Skies filled with clouds of sulphuric acid.
What’s not to like?
German educational design studio Kurzgesagt breaks it down for your delectation.
Previously: The Day The Dinosaurs Died
A short by Ed Bulmer in which Frank recalls an awkward attempt at workplace humour.
The story was inspired by this podcast episode in which a neuroscientist explains that “every time you revisit a memory, the more inaccurate it becomes; each time becoming further distorted by your perception of events rather what actually happened”.
A constantly morphing abstract short by Dalena Tran. To wit:
Composed of a single take, “Incomplete” invites us to traverse an endless choreography of bodies in perpetual free-fall and updating images that reflect a world in constant change. This work is an ode to what artist and media theorist Hito Steyerl coins the “poor image.” The image which is collected, copied, and processed to the point of disorientation and anonymity. The image which is not one but consists of many while presenting a different perception of coherency.
Fair enough.
A pleasing stop motion short by Kevin Parry that takes us – MRI style – through the inner gubbins of various tropical fruit.
A behind the scenes feature follows directly.
VFX/3D tutor Clinton Jones challenged his community of 3D artists to interpret a simple animation of a person walking with a heavy load. 2,400 entries were received and this reel – which almost seems to have its own strange narrative – contains the best 100.
You can watch the entire two and a half hour roll of all 2,400 entries here, should you wish.
A rather charming short (part of a themed series) from South Korean animation studio VCRWORKS featuring a photographer on a springtime hike through a forest.
A minute-by-minute account of the last great extinction event on Earth by German education design studio Kurzgesagt.
An interesting stop motion short by animator Corrie Franis Parks – a mesmeric shifting landscape of banknotes and miniscule stones. To wit:
Between the dazzling layers of currency and sand lie connections that can be mined in infinite ways. Each person who views this film will unearth different associations filtered through their worldly experience and national background.
Make of it what you will.
