A 2017 short by UK based animator Prawta Annez in which a beachside battle for towel space becomes a cipher for global political tensions.
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Another diverting animated video essay from The School of Life – well worth a watch if you have time on your hands, especially too much time. To wit:
We long to get all our work done in order to have free time. But we should be very careful with leisure. Having nothing left to do work-wise can be a very dangerous challenge for our psyches: it can bring on despair and self-loathing. It may be that always having projects on the go can insulate us from mental unwellness.
Previously: Come Out Of The Cupboard You Boys And Girls
A stop motion short by Elly Stern in which a homeless woman in a trash strewn city finds a dead fish and swallows it whole.
Metaphysical weirdness ensues.
A very impressive Royal College of Art graduation short by Richard Noble telling the tale of fictional animated tycoon John Wanda and his ill fated theme park.
A gritty BAFTA-winning short by UK-based animator John Hodgson based on his own experience of student life in 1980s England. To wit:
Three friends embark on a new adventure in a strange town, but when a manipulative new member joins their gang, their loyalty is torn apart with terrifying consequences.
Stunning ultra slow motion (3,200 fps) footage of unusual insects taking flight recorded and narrated by Professor Adrian Smith of NC State University who used a blacklight to attract exotic species like the plume moth, eastern firefly and the rosy maple moth, which he describes as a ‘flying Muppet’.
Unkind.
A short by Stephen McNally in which Dutch author and popular historian Rutger Bregman argues that in order to continue towards a better world, we need big ideas and a more robust vision of the future. To wit:
Revolutionary ideas, that were once dismissed as a utopian fantasy, became reality through people believing there was a better way – but what if our progress is hindered by our own dim view of human nature?’
A short mesmerising clip from “Celui Qui Tombe” (He who falls) – an extraordinary dance spectacle created by choreographer Yoann Bourgeois and performed on a spinning platform that allows the dancers to appear to run on the spot and lean at seemingly impossible angles. To wit:
Lowered into a horizontal position, this structure begins to revolve, slowly at first, then faster. Subjected to increasing centrifugal force, the dancers cluster together, their bodies inclining inwards at ever more acute angles. Individuals depart the group and make exploratory sorties, circling the platform as if battling against a great wind.
That was you last night so it was.
MORE: He Who Falls (Celui qui tombe) review – hyper-skilled and remote (Guardian)
An animated rotoscoped side-scrolling video for the instrumental track “Remind U’ by Stephen ‘Flying Lotus’ Ellison directed by Winston Hacking.
It’s good. You’ll like it.
Episode one of a new animated wesbseries about a ganja-dealing marine mammal starring Bobby Moynihan at the perma-baked titular hero with support from Ron Funches, Cecily Strong, Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes.
New episodes every Saturday afternoon.