Matt Pyke and Universal Everything invite you to spend seven hypnotic minutes with their “slowly evolving video sculpture” called Walking City, a fusion of architecture, evolution and movement “referencing the utopian visions of 1960’s architecture practice Archigram” who, according to Wikipedia, “was an avant-garde [Watch]
Ryan Honey and the Buck team show off their mastery of cel animation (and sense of fun) as they illuminate an eccentric ditty from CHI & Partners in this light and lithe :40 for the Hive next-gen thermostat control system from British Gas. [Watch]
Prodco Animasjonsdepartementet, Mill+ Studio and director Martin Engh spin a Norwegian folktale and cross-country skiing triple olympic champion Marit Bjørgen into an inspired mix of 2D hand animation, 3D, camera projection, and compositing, all inspired by the style of 19th century Norwegian illustrator Theodor [Watch]
Stash is pleased to present the online premiere of Richard Hickey’s “Francis.” A former Superfad director/CD, Hickey (now repped by Not to Scale in the UK and Logan & Sons in the US) worked with EP Kevin Batten to craft the tense and perfectly-paced film from a Dave Eggars short story first heard on a “This American Life” broadcast. [Watch]
London animator, director, writer and all-round motion-master Fraser Davidson follows his 2012 “Irritable Bowl Syndrome” with another sharp and breathless ode to American football once again combining the pacing of a rant with his signature graphic style to provide both hilarity and insight, all fueled by the VO talents of Billy Baumann and Mark Brickey at aidpodcast.com. Audio: Morgan Samuel. [Watch]
Both fans and detractors of Milkyeyes (aka Donato Sansone) have come to expect the unexpected from the Torino-based director/animator/artist/compositor who often pushes his video experiments past the boundaries of NSFW. This latest piece, an exercise in disturbing/comic portraiture, builds on his “Draft” video [Watch]
