A man in a suit stands in a room with classical decor, with bright, animated lightning bolts—evoking Alessandro Bavari’s surreal style—crackling around him. A wooden chair sits empty in the background as solid light from space illuminates the striking, black and white scene. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Alessandro Bavari Electrifies With “Solid Light From Space”

While many in the creative world hedge or hide their use of generative AI, Italian director/composer Alessandro Bavari runs full-speed in the other direction, embracing the media’s warts as well as it’s wonders. [Watch]

Collage of 12 colorful, surreal, and abstract artworks—featured in the Stash issue 178 preview trailer—including a soccer player, a beetle, digital figures, a smiling cartoon face, hands, a yacht, a person on a roof, and other imaginative scenes. Frame from Stash Magazine article.
A stylized figure stands in a dark room, arms raised, echoing the energy of Jacob Collier's "Where Did My Diamond Go?" Music Video by Marie Lavis. Colorful text on the walls reads I CANT FIND IT ANYWHERE amid stars and a bold white shadow. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Marie Lavis Sketches Up “Where Did My Diamond Go?” Music Video for Jacob Collier

Director/animator Marie Lavis continues her music video work for multi-Grammy winner Jacob Collier with her wonderfully loose and erratic hand-drawn interpretation of the track “Where Did My Diamond Go?” [Watch]

A cartoon man with glasses and gold chains stands on a glowing digital grid, his lower body breaking into triangles—capturing the surreal vibe of the "Bunker Boyz" music video by Private Island, with geometric mountains and a melting, cloud-like sky behind him. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Synthetic Satire: Private Island Unleashes “Bunker Boyz” Billionaire Take-Down

In a straight-up weaponization of AI against it’s creators, director Chris Boyle and the crew at London mixed-media studio Private Island drop a satirical, three-minute boy band take-down of tech billionaires. [Watch]

A digital collage inspired by Bonobo's "Me And You" music video, showing floating asteroid rocks against a dusty, space-like background. Two inset images appear: a grayscale asteroid close-up (left) and a blue-tinted asteroid field (right). Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Rock On: Bonobo “Me And You” Music Video by in/out

Riff Raff directing duo in/out (aka Jean-Philippe Blunt & Thom Humphreys) immersed themselves in an active Serbian quarry to capture the raw footage for the new track “Me And You” from venerated producer Bonobo. [Watch]

A cartoon dog with a mischievous grin and gold chain stands in a surreal, colorful setting inspired by Mrzyk & Moriceau, with abstract shapes, a washing machine, a large purple tail, and two yellow rectangles in the background. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Mrzyk & Moriceau “Dance On” With New Cassius Video

French electronic duo Cassius disbanded in 2019 after the death of co-founder Zdar, but the recent discovery of the unreleased track “Dance On” spawned this fully-mad animated romp by directing team Mrzyk & Moriceau. [Watch]