A military scientist creates a mind-reading weapon for his generals on a remote island. After the demonstration, the generals are pleased. Little do they realize, both the weapon, and the creator of the weapon have a mind of their own.
A disturbing cinematic opera from Melbourne film-maker, Michael Lee, presenting an intense emotional collage of film clips, original footage and complex object animation, structured loosely in the form of a Catholic Mass, to communicate the film-maker’s traumatic Catholic experience. The film is intended in part as ‘anti-imagery’ in response to the iconography of Catholicism.
《钟人》(Clock Man)在外网是很著名的失传媒体 (Lost Media),历经五年后终于得以找回。 本动画原名为《萨莉的故事》 (O paradivé Sally),是捷克斯诺伐克的一部儿童教育类动画,后出口至美国尼克儿童频道的《风车》节目播出,因一位外网博主在论坛上发布的对这部作品的讨论而兴起过一波寻找浪潮,成为了著名的失传媒体 本片有捷克语原版和英语配音版本,两个版本的剧情几乎是截然不同,这边很推荐友友们两个版本都看一下,也能知道明明是相同的画面,怎么做到通过配音而使剧情完全不同的。 ——枳染
An investigation into a blue horse with roller skates in an apartment building turned into a nightmare.
Krabi (1976) 12 min - Animation | Short | Sci-Fi - 1976 (Czechoslovakia)
A particularly creative example of the pinscreen animation technique, this film is about an artist who steps inside his painting and wanders about in a landscape peopled with symbols that trigger unexpected associations. Film without words.
A short film which follows two ducks and a robot who spend their day at an amusement park.
フェナキストスコープ(英: Phenakistoscope)またはフェナキスティスコープ(英: Phenakistiscope)は、回転のぞき絵(ゾートロープ)に先駆けて登場した初期のアニメーション機器。1831年、ベルギーのジョゼフ・プラトーとオーストリアのジーモン・フォン・シュタンプフェルがほぼ同時に発明した。日本語では「おどろき盤」という呼称もある。これは、1970年代に日本でフェナキストスコープを復元した古川タクが、「驚き盤」として命名したものとされている。
"Every living thing that shares the planet with us has had to adapt and evolve over millions of years. Every flower, every insect, every animal is a miracle waiting to be discovered, a marvel to be respected and loved. But we like to replace them with our own inventions, served up by the magicians of advertising, the promoters of progress and over-consumption. Unfortunately, these inventions are outmoded all too quickly. They break down, often taking with them that which is essential to our lives and happiness, the elements needed to sustain the real miracles accomplished by nature."
The utopian vision of a lunar spacecraft voyage that will affect life on Earth.
John Whitney’s pioneering work of computer animation, Arabesque, from 1975. This flowing, abstract short film is a wonder to behold, a work of art. Like many other computer graphics pioneers, this film suggests roots in psychedelics and spiritual quests as much as engineering and mathematics. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2007.
利用线和面趋向会合的视错觉原理,以现实的手法在两维的平面上刻画三维物体的艺术,被称作“透视画法”,它提供了一个对物体或景色的三维观察视角。 Georges Schwizgebel讲述何为“透视画法(Perspectives)”,用的却是一段约两分钟的影像和一段流畅配乐。舞台上将众多焦点集于一身的女模特,从其它的视角去看,有可能是一个正在运动的男人或奔跑的猛兽形象,此物与彼物可以是同一个物体,不过观众观看的角度有异而已。
Suzan Pitt被认为是当代最为著名的独立实验动画艺术家之一,她的作品《Asparagus》曾和大卫林奇的《橡皮头》同时在奥伯豪森短片电影节上获奖。 Suzan Pitt自1970至今创造了15部动画作品,常常与音乐家合作,其中包括“碗(Bowl )”(1970)、“芦笋(Asparagus )”(1979)和“欢乐街(Joy Street )”(1995)等。她的作品在全世界众多的电影节和、沙龙展、大学和博物馆播放,包括芝加哥艺术学会、徒步者艺术中心和耶鲁大学等地。她曾经获得包括洛克菲勒基金会合作基金(一个专为公共艺术作品所设立的奖项),富步莱特法案基金学者奖和哈福大学研究基金等。同时,她也任教于许多大学,近来在加利福利亚艺术学会执教。
The psychedelic short is Renzo Kinoshita’s contribution to an educational children’s program aired on Nippon Television.
一个传统的日本寓言,讲述了一个善良的老人、他贪婪的妻子和一只受伤的麻雀。这个故事探讨了贪婪、友谊和嫉妒对角色的影响。
Cycles brings together 16mm film with Stephen Beck’s Direct Video Synthesizer imagery via a proprietary process Beck referred to as “editation.” Beck also composed the soundtrack to the film, which is made of one sequence repeated 12 times, with both artists contributing variations on each pass.