Cabin built of slab wood by Dave Sinaguglia near Hartford, CT
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Camera Obscure with Abelardo Morell: He covered all his windows with black plastic in order to achieve total darkness, he then cut a small hole in the same black plastic material, an image of the outside scenery was reflected directly on the opposite wall, but it was upside-down.
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…continuing from the last post:
This one is a paper-cutout animated short called Mr. Nan Guo (aka 南郭先生), produced in 1981. It’s based on a proverb and story about an incompetent and shrewd yu player of an imperial orchestra.
Came across a handful of mesmerizing vintage Chinese animated shows and shorts today.
This short is A Deer of Nine Colors, produced by Shanghai Animation Film Studio in 1981, and directed by Qian Jiajun (who also co-directed The Cowherd’s Flute) and Dai Tielang.
The plot is based on a fresco painting (one of many) in the caves of Dunhuang, which adapted the Ruru Jataka (early Buddhist tale of the golden deer).
I wasn’t able to find an English subbed version, but the original story may help for those who aren’t Mandarin speakers/listeners. Either way, it’s well worth a watch if only for the visual experience alone!
I’m totally in love with macco’s illustrations. Overall they are tied together by a distinct style, but as I browsed through them in order, each drawing digressed from the previous one in an unexpected way. They contain numerous tactics (big and small) of thinking outside the boundaries of forms. I hadn’t been a particular fan of the whole “reject receding lines and draw everything flattened out” technique until I saw it used here in a purposive and revealing way. SO NICE.
“I made this film to come out to my parents.
I did this because I knew I wouldn’t be able to say the words “I’m gay.” I’ve tried many times; to sit my parents down on the couch and tell them. But by making a film, I’d have this train, this production pushing me forward. And by casting my parents in the film, I was forcing myself off the ledge. The filmmaking process both distracted and prepared me for the inevitable - that I would eventually have to show my parents the finished film.”
— Andrew Ahn
Source: Huffington Post
Official Page
Note: The above is the 5th chapter of 6 12 chapters in all! Which means if you don’t like spoilers, start HERE at Chapter 1 instead. Although personally, Chapter 5 is more like an enticer than a spoiler.
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This is Girl Walk // All Day, a 71-minute dance video to accompany Girl Talk’s album from last year. It was a Kickstarter project that began back in February.
Anyway: So. Unbelievably. FREAKING. GOOD. Anne Marsen is a goddess. I didn’t enjoy GT’s last album one bit, to be honest; it just couldn’t top Feed the Animals for me…but it may have done that tonight.
