Like movie adaptations that don’t quite resemble the book, the face peering back at us from the bathroom mirror can be, well, disappointing. Time for a useful video essay from The School Of Life. To wit:
We’re always being told that we should make peace with how we look; but why? We never chose our bodies and nor should we necessarily be forced to identify with them. They’re like a random taxi we were shoved into at birth.
Previously: Everybody Look At Your Hands
A quirky short by London-based director and 3D designer Johnathan Lindgren showing the skill and discipline required to produce perfect maki.
But is it too high a price to pay?
A brutal tale of loss and revenge by Lorenz Wunderle for YK Animation (not one for the kids, this) telling the story of a coyote’s attempts to recover, traumatised after an attack by wolves.
A stylish take on the dystopia genre by French-Japanese illustrator and artist Kajika Aki Ferrazzini with a nod to a Japanese cultural tradition called mono no aware wherein a beautiful sadness is tempered with the impermanence of all things.
An animated ode to Stephen Hawking about our ‘cosmic belonging’ and the meaning of home by Marie Howe.
Animator Steve Cutts revisits his excellent 2012 short (watch that here) to reflect the times we live in now.
An eye-candiful short by Henning M. Lederer (who has much form in this regard) based on the question:
How would these great book graphics and record covers from the past look like when set in motion?
An award-winning student short by Ontario-based animator Raship Trikha in which we observe the dangers of taking a wazz on an alien world.
A five year old, but suddenly very timely, award-winning apocalyptic short by David Coquard Dassault featuring a pack of dogs wandering an abandoned housing estate.
Thanks Blueshirts, etc.
