Brooklyn artist and filmmaker Jordan Bruner adds an element of guileless visual delight to poet Aracelis Girmay’s touching tale of a card she received with from a third-grade student and her attempts to a decipher its cryptic message. [Watch]
Commissioned by Spotify, this music video for “A Pearl” by Mitski (aka singer-songwriter Mitski Miyawaki), combines 3D and 2D animation into a gripping single-shot dream directed by Saad Moosajee and Art Camp with cel animation by Danae Gosset. [Watch]
Stripped-down character design and beat-perfect comic timing courtesy of Blinkink directors Alex Grigg and Joe Pelling punch this trio of animated spots out of the media maelstrom for UK green-energy supplier Bulb. [Watch]
Expanding on the brief for a road trip video, Joyrider director/DOP/VFX artist Reuben Sutherland steers the film into a manic Kodachrome collage with footage sourced at locations across Nevada including the band’s hometown of Las Vegas. [Watch]
Brooklyn experiential specialists Red Paper Heart created Buttchain (an art installation that reacts to the seated behinds of gallery goers) to demystify blockchain tech and how it will eventually infiltrate your everyday life. [Watch]
After developing a technique to render 3D animation in a 2D style, Jungler director Valère Amirault reached out to illustrator and former Supinfocom classmate Lili des Bellons to collaborate on this short film called “Alma.” [Watch]
