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 collage of six pastel-colored abstract art pieces, inspired by Vitor Teixeira Releases New Personal Short Film Unfurl, features swirls, flowers, petals, and soft textured forms on a pale pink background with smooth gradients and dreamlike shapes. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Vitor Teixeira Releases New Personal Short Film “Unfurl”

Vitor Teixeira, a Portugal-based senior 3D designer at NotReal, just dropped us his latest personal project, a richly tactile experiment he describes as the intersection of “human art direction and machine learning.” [Watch]

A blue whale swims through a surreal sky in Chen Wu’s short film "Leave The Island," surrounded by cloud-like shapes and glowing suspended droplets, all in soft blue and white tones. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Watch Chen Wu’s Beautiful Short Film “Leave The Island”

London-based illustrator and animation director Chen Wu just sent his new short film “Leave The Island”, a quietly beautiful tale about “departure, transformation, and the quiet traces that memory leaves behind.” [Watch]

A collage of four surreal, colorful illustrations inspired by Directing Duo Turbo Celebrate Spanish Design With La Llama Short Film: abstract figures with eyes and hands, a distorted staircase scene, a whimsical building, and a vivid close-up eye. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Turbo Celebrate the Universe of Spanish Design With “La Llama” Short Film

Wrangling the talents and styles of a small army of artists and animators, Spanish directing duo Turbo (aka Pau López & Gerardo del Hierro) conjure a propulsive and fully-surreal voyage through the world of Spanish design. [Watch]

Two soccer players with ponytails, one in a red uniform and one in yellow and blue, compete for the ball on a grassy field. The colorful, stylized image features blurred motion inspired by Eoin-Duffy-&-Ryan-Reynolds-Want-You-to-Know-Christine-Sinclair-is-'Kind-of-a-Big-Deal'. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Eoin Duffy & Ryan Reynolds Want You to Know Christine Sinclair is “Kind of a Big Deal”

Despite her Olympic gold medal and holding the record for the most goals scored in international soccer (for men or women), I’m willing to bet you have never heard of Canadian athlete Christine Sinclair. [Watch]