“What Is Dead May Never Die” by Kadavr Exquis
Okay, all you lovers of experimental animation – here’s one for you: What is Dead May Never Die by Kadavre Exquis (aka François …
Experimental
“Hamar” by Sara Gunnarsdottir
It’s Experimental Animation time on Cartoon Brew! Sara Gunnarsdottir just graduated from CalArts with a masters degree in experimental …
This Thursday in NYC: “Animation as Artistic Practice” Show
A prominent group of East Coast experimental animators will present work at the “Animation as Artistic Practice” show curated by Phyllis …
“Mobile” By Caleb Wood
There’s a satisfying sense of drama and mystery in this new work by RISD grad Caleb Wood: Mobile was a “a quick one week project, all …
Animating a 400-Year-Old Painting in Maya
Many artists have animated famous paintings before, but the husband-and-wife artistic team Rob and Nick Carter have taken it to a whole …
Animated Shorts by George Griffin
George Griffin is one of the stalwarts of the New York indie scene, a filmmaker with an inspiring DIY approach who has been making films …
“Dinotasia”
Opening in London on May 4th is Dinotasia, a new feature film containing a series of vignettes about dinosaurs, narrated by filmmaker …
Porn or Abstract Animation? (NSFW?)
All Luciano Foglia wanted to do was create an animation app exploring the “visual geometry containing the non-explicit description of …
“Opus III”, An Early Abstract Masterpiece by Walter Ruttmann
To fully appreciate Opus III by German filmmaker Walter Ruttman, it’s worth it to first look at a typical cartoon from 1924, such as this …
FEATURE TRAILER: “Consuming Spirits”
Fifteen years in the making, Consuming Spirits is a newly completed mixed-media animation feature by Chicago-based Chris Sullivan. The …
“Ants in My Scanner” by Francois Vautier
Installing an ant colony in a scanner and scanning it every week doesn’t sound like the ingredients for filmmaking success. But …
“Realigning My Thoughts on Jasper Johns” by JK Keller
“Realigning My Thoughts on Jasper Johns” is an art project by Baltimore-based JK Keller that digitally reprocesses the animation from The …
The Films of Michel Klofkorn
I’m new to the work of Michel Klofkorn, but he’s been creating music videos, commercials and experimental films in Germany since the …
“Matchstick” by Jeff Scher
Place some watercolors and crayons in the hands of Brooklyn-based filmmaker/animator Jeff Scher and you’ll get this mesmerizing (mostly) …
The Hypnotic Watercolor Rhythms of “Kyrielle”
An elegant sense of symmetry and order forms the world of Boris Labbé’s Kyrielle. The repeating rhythms and cycles have a hypnotic …
Rising Artist: Paul Cabon
It’s rare to browse through someone’s on-line animation videos and enjoy everything they’ve produced. That’s the happy feeling I …
“Mouse Frosted Chocolate” by Donato Sansone – NSFW
Donato Sansone (aka Milkyeyes) is back. His previous film was the experimental Videogioco. His new film, Topo Glassato al Cioccolato, …
“The Mysteries of Harris Burdick” interpreted by Daniel Savage
A simple but effective experiment: Daniel Savage, creator of the iPhone app Gif Shop, wanted to try animating Chris Van Allsburg’s …
Animated Comic Covers
I love animated GIFs and the seemingly infinite variations on the form. Comic book artist Kerry Callen has come up with a new twist: …
“Bla Bla”, An Interactive Short by Vincent Morisset
UPDATE: MARCH 15, 2012: Bla Bla won the SXSW Interactive Award. Is it a film or a game? Interactivity and non-linear storytelling have …
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