Animator Ryan Larkin does a visual improvisation to music performed by a popular group presented as sidewalk entertainers. His take-off point is the music, but his own beat is more boisterous than that of the musicians. The illustrations range from convoluted abstractions to caricatures of familiar rituals. Without words.
Experimental film "Presence has all the things that life can have in itself. But living as a stranger in today's arena, how much does it desire to communication?
The last person on Earth revisits their memories as they wander a lonely world
This animated short is a play on motion set against a background of multi-hued sky. Spheres of translucent pearl float weightlessly in the unlimited panorama of the sky, grouping, regrouping or colliding like the stylized burst of some atomic chain reaction. The dance is set to the musical cadences of Bach, played by pianist Glenn Gould.
The portrait of a world in reverse, a society of different tonalities and shades. Aspiration as a refuge from systematization.
Night vs. light, music vs. motion, figuration vs. abstraction. Experimental video artist Max Hattler utilises distorted urban imagery and neon glare to create this entrancing short
Utilizing super 8mm and an economical shooting method of quick, short shots building idiosyncratic rhythms via rapid editing techniques, time, nature, and even the body folds in on itself. Everybody Dies (2020) is a poetic journey into the desert. It’s a reflection on the nature of death as something not to be feared, but embraced as a part of a personal and universal human experience. Super 8mm.
Hansjürgen Pohland's short documentary is an audiovisual study that captures events and people on the streets on film. The special feature of the work is that the people and objects are portrayed exclusively through their shadows.
1993 recording of band Les Rallizes Dénudés performing at the Baus Theater.
An abstract film on the music 'Unfinished' 8th Symphony, part 1, by Franz Schubert by Oerd van Cuijlenborg
Video, music, dance, graphics, modelling... that's what Kyupi Kyupi is, a video + performance group that goes beyond the boundaries of all genres. The members are headed by graphic designer Koichi Emura, sculpting and 3DCG artist Masatsuka Kimura, multi-talented singer Asami Wakeshima, and filmmaker Yoshimasa Ishibashi. The culmination of 6 years of Kyupi Kyupi. Super permanent DVD "Kyupi Kyupi The Best" containing cute and erotic images is finally on sale! Re-editing and condensing a number of video works comprising the entire trajectory of Kyupi Kyupi, from the first live performance in Kyoto in 1998 to the long-run performance of "Cabarotica" in 2003. You can now thoroughly enjoy the rich world of Kyupi Kyupi.
Delírio Primaveril
a young timid boy who is doubtful about faith and religion is beaten by curiosity and ends up wandering into a peculiar church and encountering a celestial yet godlike girl.
An experimental short film about a woman who feels stuck in time after experiencing some form of trauma.
Winterreise
Tigre is an experimental film with animation applied directly onto film.
"Heart-wrenching cry about the physical suffering caused by the AIDS plague being compounded by the shameful arrogance of self-appointed moralists."
A synthesis of sound and movement; colourful characters dance and move in repetitive patterns to percussive and melodic elements. A combination of motion and music that is hypnotic and beautiful. At first it feels structured and orderly but as more elements are added becomes quixotically expressive.
Hand processed expired Kodak 7291, Camera: Beaulieu R16, Lens: Angenieux 12-120mm with +3 Diopter, Polarising filter for the clouds. Hand processed in C-41 chem using a Lomo UPB-1A tank. Still haven't mastered removal of the rem-jet anti-halation layer (thats all the white 'static' on the film). The film expired about 40 years ago.
The life, death, and resurrection of Elvis Presley, as he is transformed from man into product. Composed primarily of an illustrated biography filmed with a microscope camera.