experimental
Dvein: We Wander
In Dvein’s latest short, “We Wander,” you won’t find CG fluid sims or virtual Rube Goldbergs of visual oddities. Instead, you’ll find haunting visuals of… Read more
Animation through pottery from Crafts Council
Clever use of the potters’ wheel – and pottery – as a Zoetrope by the Crafts Council
Bot & Dolly: “Box” Interview and Behind the Scenes
As a follow up to our earlier post regarding the debut of Bot & Dolly’s mind-boggling short, “Box,” (above) we’re sharing an interview with the… Read more
Takashi Ohashi: Kou Kou
Takashi Ohashi presents us the brilliant piece: KouKou. A series of abstract images synchronized to Japanese vocal sounds. Check out his other works here.
Cyriak: Bonobo “Cirrus”
Cyriak is no stranger to Motionographer. His experiments in looping animations are the closest thing you can get to a mind-altering experience without ingesting psychedelic… Read more
Adam Powell: Sivu “Better Man Than He”
Adam Powell directs Sivu’s “Better Man Than He,” using MRI-based imageryNicholas Ferreira and Dominik Grejc: MOVA Title Sequence
Check out these slick titles for MOVA, a fictitious Motion Design Festival dreamed up by Nicholas Ferrira and Dominik Grejc as part of their final… Read more
RIP Chris Marker
If there ever was a “motionographer”, an artist who used film and pen with equal eloquence, it was filmmaker Chris Marker who died today on… Read more
Much Better Now
The studio Salon Alpin (Portugal) has recently released this fantastic in-house piece called Much Better Now. In their words: Much Better Now is an independent… Read more
Oscar Lhermitte: Experiments
Check out Oscar Lhermitte’s experiments on vimeo: Seeing in Circles and Revolve.Andrew Thomas Huang: Solipsist
You loved the trailer. Now you can enjoy it online in full. Winner at Slamdance 2012 of the Special Jury Prize for Experimental Short, Solipsist… Read more
John Whitney: Permutations
John Whitney: Permutations Produced in 1966. Written in GRAF and FORTRAN, and recorded in black and white from the monitor of an IBM 360 mainframe.… Read more
Cinemetrics — film data visualization
Frederic Brodbeck’s Cinemetrics analyzes movie data to create visual fingerprints.Michael Langan: Heliotropes
Michael Langan’s new short film Heliotropes is fresh off the film fest circuit. Heliotropes documents the parallel goals of man and nature, through the most… Read more
Compressed 02
Who would of thought taking a bubble bath could be so beautiful? (Thanks, Arvid.)
Polynoid: Loom
Yes, Polynoid‘s long-awaited short Loom is finally online. And it’s amazing! The plot is as simple as “a moth being caught in a spider’s web”,… Read more
Charlex: Shape Shifter
Charlex has recently created Shape Shifter, a larger-than-life film that’s been attracting remarkable attention online since its release. From the pieces of an exploded car,… Read more
NOMINT: “The Holy Chicken of Life & Music”
“The Holy Chicken of Life & Music”, a short film by NOMINT recently won the Community Choice Award in the Experimental Category of the Vimeo… Read more
Superestudio: “Inactivo”
Inactivo is the latest short film by Lamole, the B side of Argentinian Superestudio. It’s about a woodcutter’s brave journey through a gloomy forest of… Read more
Savas Ozay: “Weather Tests”
Weather Tests, by Savas Ozay, is an experimental film that illustrates the physics of each season.
Phosphene
Another killer experiment in mixed media from Benjamin Ducroz: Phosphene. Also, check out his latest reel and other recent work at ducroz.com.
Jacques Khouri: Time and Again
Jacques Khouri rethinks sequential art and animation with “Time and Again”