Category Archives: Video


A dizzying BAFTA-nominated short by former printmaker Elizabeth Hobbs about Austrian painter Oskar Kokoschka – wounded physically in the First World War and emotionally in the course of a stormy love affair preceding it.

Hobbs imagines Kokoska’s feverish flashbacks using ink applied to A5 paper, animated while still wet.

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Before  ‘Sesame Street’ and ’The Muppet Show’ there was ‘Sam And Friends’ (1955 – 1961) – a quirky little Jim Henson confection that gave both he and Kermit The Frog their start.

If you have time to spare and a penchant for unhinged felted characters, this installment of Defunctland’s miniseries is a fascinating watch.

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Impressionist Jim Meskimen performs his poem ‘Pity the Poor Impressionist’ in the voices of 20 celebrities enhanced by SHAM00K using deepfake imaging.

The video required 1,200 hours of footage, 300,000 images and nearly a terabyte of data to create.

Previously: Jim Meskimen’s Nano Impressions

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