German educational design studio Kurzgesagt asks:
What is the largest star in the Universe? And why is it that large? And what ARE stars anyway?
Prepare to be enlightened.
Previously: What Is This? Rivendell For Ants?
Category Archives: Video
Mark Butchko’s nostalgic tribute to the early 80s arcade game Zaxxon. To wit:
“A once proud city has descended into a den of crime, sin, and misery. A corrupt police force and criminal underworld make every day a savage struggle… Yet one man will attempt a daring escape…”
Insert coin(s) to continue.
A ‘visual essay on the state of being connected’ by Martina Stiftinger and Rita Louro. To wit:
…a metaphorical study of interpersonal relationships and social constraints […] portrayed through a series of abstract analogies reflecting the essence of our everyday social interactions.
Fair enough.
A short by London based animator Olga Mararchuk that explores the endlessly scrolling, flickering distractions of our digital daily lives.
More of her work here.
Nimble fingered Luca Stricagnoli performs a pleasing cover of the Beatles’ ‘While My Guitar Gently Weeps’ using an add-on Reverse Slide Neck developed by Davide Serracini for extra twang.
Previously: Fret Me Amadeus
Smoke Screen
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Silent footage from 1923 of a USAS plane dropping a ‘curtain’ of titanium tetrachloride creating a hanging curtain of opaque gases to conceal ships.
This is where the phrase originates.
The technique would go on to be used in WW2.
Eraserhead
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A PSA encouraging considerate, unselfish behaviour among his fellow millennials during the pandemic by actor and certified young person Paul Rudd (51) commissioned by NY governor Andrew Cuomo.
The mask drops at the end. But in a good way.
In fairness.
A pleasing short by Nicolas Lichtie with no meaning beyond…
…a moment of introspection, very intimate, staged through a succession of small moments imbued with poetry, absurdity and sometimes surrealism…