The first video off the new Nightmares on Wax album “Shape The Future” finds RUFFMERCY at the helm, scribbling and slicing his way thru an entrancing and recursive black and white fever dream. [Watch]
The crew at Johannesburg motion house Birthmark have a blast poking fun at design tropes (and themselves) in this mad stream of deconstructed fun that opened the 2017 PromaxBDA Africa Awards. [Watch]
Lots of low-tech alt-pop fun via Parallel Teeth (aka London director/animator Robert Wallace) for the “I’m Easy” track off the debut album from New Zealand’s Merk called “Swordfish.”
Strange Beast director I Saw John First (aka London’s John Christian) packs 2D animation, live action, 3D and a fair dose of ruff rotoscoping into this cascade of visual chaos for the Mr Jukes track “Angels / Your Love.” [Watch]
“Onryo,” The latest work from enigmatic musician and visual artist denial of service, slides deeper into his signature brand of tech-noir chaos combining reaction-diffusion algorithms and “excruciating rotoscoping.” [Watch]
Most often fueled by passion rather than proper budgets, music videos are the wild west of media genres – a place where passion and promise more than compensate for a director’s lack of experience or connections, or both. Have a look at the nine most intriguing examples Stash published this year. [Watch]
