Tag Archives: animation
The Eagleman Stag
The Eagleman Stag is an incredible 9-minute monochrome stopmotion short film by Michael Please. The film explores an entomologist’s obsession with quickening speed of time perception. According to the director, the film uses “115 separate shots of which the vast … Continue reading
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Nature, Numbers, and Noumena
These two short movies by Cristobal Vila explore the relationship between art and numbers. The first looks at the role of numbers in nature and the second is a tour through some of the best art work inspired by math in … Continue reading
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Moon Language
Full Moon today. In honor of the first Full Moon after the Spring Equinox I did a little moon reading. In the original Anglo-Saxon, moon means “measurer” of time. I also read that in an early 20th century poll children were asked the composition … Continue reading
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Feed Your Brain
Feed you brain and explore the animated world of Sean Pecknold. He’s produced music videos for Beach House, Grizzly Bear, and most recently Fleet Foxes. The following video was produced for a BBC Knowledge series and contains such surprising facts as: A … Continue reading
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Björk, DNA and the Ghost in the Machine
Combining two of my favorite things, the music of Björk and biology of DNA replication, Björk’s latest music video Hollow, from last year’s app-based album Biophilia is the result of a collaboration with biomedical animator Drew Berry. The video explores ideas about ancestry … Continue reading
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Memory by Osamu Tezuka (1964)
A weird, yet insightful Japanese animation by Osamu Tezuka (known as the father of Manga) from 1964 explores the complexity and nuance of human memory. We humans are all made to forget things…if we didn’t our heads would just explode. … Continue reading
