Archive for the ‘Animation/Gaming’ Category
Jorge y Valdés go for a walk *
Barbara Benas, USA, 2009
A delightful hand-drawn animation about a man and dog who share a passion for dance. It’s retro-techno style is suited perfectly to banjo music by Kid Koala. Don’t blink or you’ll miss it!
*Official Selection for UMOVE Touring Festival
I Don’t Want Your Lasagne Furnace
http://www.vimeo.com/3517980
Donna Kuhn, USA, 2009
Animated, pixelated, split-screen, distorted self-portraits – from concrete to more abstracted – morph digitally to the cheerful strains of “don’t touch me tomatoes.” For more information on what the title means, try the website of this self-professed visual artist, poet, and choreographer.
The Swiss Family Robinson
http://www.vimeo.com/2738645
Tatyana Tenenbaum, USA, 2009
Animation, travelogue footage, puppetry and a wide-ranging soundtrack are collaged into a chronicle of isolation. A semi-autobiographical, impressionistic “retelling” of the classic movie, it ends with a figure running into infinity.
Greetings from Hell
Alessandro Amaducci, Italy, 2008
Set to music created by Amaducci, this filmmaker’s vision of hell includes mannequin-like figures, flames, a solar eclipse and vogue-ing. As the figures break free of their sharp movements and move into a state of liquidity, they collapse one by one. Strike a pose!
