Vanishing Point by Takuya Hosogane

Vanishing Point from Bonsajo on Vimeo.

I really like this great animation film by Takuya Hosogane done with Cinema 4D and After Effects.  The song is by Cubesato with the name of “Meine Meinung” (in eng. “My opinion”) .
Takuya´s Project name is Bonsajo. Find more about it here.

via btglondon

Tags: After Effects, Animation, Cinema 4D, Motion Design, Takuya Hosogane, Vanishing Point

_grau by Robert Seidel in HD

_grau | 10:01 min | d 2004 | HD premiere from Robert Seidel on Vimeo.

_grau is a award-winning experimental film by Artist Robert Seidel based in Jena, Germany. Produced in 2004 it is now available in HD on Vimeo (before it was only shown in museums and galleries in this detail and quality). Here is what it is about:

Though there are some impressive effects to be seen here, and one wonders how this was done, Robert comments on Vimeo:

Abstract, organic, emotional! Love it.
Watch it in HD!

More about Roberts work here.

Tags: Animation, Film, HD, Motion Design, Robert Seidel, _grau

The amazing Animations of Adam Pesapane (PES)

Adam Pesapane is a 35 year old digital artist based in New York City.  PES doesn’t like being called an animator. “It’s very limiting,” says the 30 year old self-professed storyteller, director and artist from New Jersey. He uses objects from our daily life and animates them with stop-motion..combined with the right soundtrack there is an amazing outcome. No doubt that his work reminds me a bit of the movies of Jan Swankmajer i posted some time ago. Even if there is no “claymotion” involved and not as surrealistic.

No doubt PES has his own style though. Genius!
See lots more on his youtube channel or on his website www.eatpes.com.

Here are some of my favourites Shorts:

Western Spaghetti (most recent one)

Roof Sex

›› Read the whole Article…

Tags: Adam Pesapane, Animation, Film, PES, Stop-motion

The Pendulum for the Expo 2010 in Shanghai – by Milla&Partner

2 weeks ago my university was invited to see the pre-presentation of the energysphere. It is a sphere  which is going to be installed at the german-pavillon fpr the expo 2010 in shanghai. The Event-Agency Milla&Partner created this amazing element. With hundred of thousands of LED´s it creates different visuals on its surface. In Shanghai it will interact with the participants. For example if the people are screaming – the sphere will be following the voices. It was very impressive to see this. Its still having some problems with the interaction, but i am sure it will be impressive at shanghai.

It weighs 1200kg and has a diameter of 3m.

Check the video below.

Tags: Animation, Art, Expo 2010, Milla und Partner, Pendulum, Visualization

Building Projections

Hello Friends!

In some lessons at university we got to know some great kinds of media-arts. Some of them where so impressing, so o decided to show this at cityclouds.de. The 1st video shows different kinds of on-front-projections which where put on some buildings. With high-power projector they put animals, bowls, helicopters and more on big-buildings. Very impressive.

the 2nd Video shows the Bayer Building at Leverkusen. This Building was the center of the Bayer Company. After they moved the center, they where thinking about what´s going to happen with this building. They decided to create an art-element for the city. They put a lot of lightsources (probably LED) on the Building and created different kinds of visuals.

the 3rd video shows the same kind of technique like on the 2nd. They created nice building Projections with light elements at the ars elctronica center in Linz. The aec is the best museum of media art at Linz, and one of the best in the world.

I hope you like the projections. All of them have a special beauty and this shows how much is possible nowadays. Enjoy.

Tags: Animation, Light, light installation, Projections, Visuals

Neurosonics Audiomedical Labs Inc.

Sometimes we think about the new future of sound or searching for the new sound. Where can we find inspirations. What are the new inventions to create the perfect sound and which Music Machine can we use. These were the things who were Neurosonics Audiomedical Labs Inc.
thinking of, too. They made this cool video for us to demonstrate how the future about producing music could look like.

Neurosonics Audiomedical Labs Inc.
From: futureshorts| 18. November 2009
Dir. Chris Cairns / UK / 2009

When they say you shouldn’t play music with your head, they don’t mean you should use your heart.
Instead, use other peoples heads.

Enjoy it!

Tags: Animation, Beat Box, futureshorts, Music, Music Machine, Neurosonics Audiomedical Labs Inc., New Sound

Stop Motion Animation Film “Lucia & Luis”

Stop motion video “LUIS” (Part 2 of 2) by Niles Atallah, Cristobal Leon & Joaquin Cociña on Vimeo.

This video is wicked. I love the pictures, the dark and eerie atmosphere with these japanese horror elements. The execution of the idea and the the style of the stop motion effects let the whole video become a masterpiece of its own. The commission of the Illustrative thought the same and they decided to exhibit it.  It’s now displayed in Berlin. I was there and it is worth to visit the exhibition, the work is terrific and expressive. The artists are very talented and you can see a whole bunch of styles, which creates the current illustration movements.

Established in Berlin in 2006, Illustrative has been held twice in Berlin (2006 & 2007), once in Paris (2007), and once in Zürich (2008). Being a big success right from the start it managed to be the leading international forum for contemporary illustration and graphic arts.  It’s Taking place from October 16 – November 1 in Berlin. ›› Read the whole Article…

Tags: Animation, creepy, Illustrative, Luis, Motion Design, Photography

“Between” Short Film by Tim Bollinger

After screening “Between” on several Festivals, Tim Bollinger from Via Grafik now shared his short-movie on the web. As he puts it: “It’s a journey through worlds of the subconscious, allowing us to catch sinister glimpses of the human psyche’s ambivalence.” Moments stuck in time paired with hectic ones, camera work at its best and the disturbing glimpse into the subconscious, make this a “must watch”.

Between from Via Grafik on Vimeo.

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Tags: Animation, Between, Film, Tim Bollinger, Via Grafik

Typographic fairy tale by Strange Attractors

The design studio Strange Attractors produced a little short movie for FontShop. A short movie which tells the story of the Little Red Riding Hood. But it would be boring just to tell us the original story. Strange Attractors adopted the daily life of a typographer and formed it into a collection of all  kinds of fonts in a cute composition. But unfortunately the film is a little too small, i had problems with reading, but never mind it’s still a lovely and entertaining story and a good opportunity to get to know some fonts of FontShop.

Little Yellow Writing Hood, 2005

Tags: Animation, Black, Fonts, FontShop, Little Red Riding Hood, Strange Attractors, Yellow

Air – Sing Sang Sung Music Video

Who didn´t have a time in his Life listening to tracks from Air like “All i need” or “You make it easy“?! I have and i can say that it definitely marked a certain in my Life and brings up good memories of that time. So there´s a new Video of the track “Sing Sang Sung” ( from the new Album Love 2, released tomorrow) that has made its way to the Blogosphere being quite popular these days. I like it a lot as it reflects the colorful spaced out melodies of the track. Still i also like why Air´s band co-pilot Jean-Benoit Dunckel prefers it to stay unnoticed, as he reveals to Online Music Mag Spinner:

AIR MUSIC VIDEO SING SANG SUNG from MATHEMATIC SAS on Vimeo.

via dropular and spinner

Tags: Air, Animation, Love 2, Motion Design, Music

One Minute Soundsculpture by Daniel Franke

I found the  One Minute Soundsculpture from Daniel Franke while checking some stuff on vimeo. Nice one!

Music Ryoji Ikeda “One Minute”
ryojiikeda.com

Tags: Animation, Art, Daniel Franke, Motion Design, Music, One Minute Soundsculpture, Ryoji Ikeda

COMBO a collaborative animation by Blu and David Ellis

This might be the most impressive Combination of Street Art and Interactive Media i´ve seen in a long time. Blu is no unknown for who has some interest in street art and David Ellis does some delightful pieces himself. In this cooperation they used an entire building with all aspects and details..brilliant!

Tags: Animation, Art, Blu, Combo, David Ellis, Motion Design, Street Art

Lichtfaktor from Cologne

Very cool way to use light for fotos and videos by Lichtfaktor from Cologne ..way to go.

See more on their website – http://www.lichtfaktor.eu

Watch their “starwars v startrek” Film:

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Tags: Animation, Lichtfaktor, Photography

Neurosonics Audiomedical Labs Inc.

This is mind-blowing.. See it in high-res on their website – http://www.neurosonicsaudiomedical.com/

Neurosonics Audiomedical Labs Inc. from Chris Cairns on Vimeo.

Tags: Animation, Motion Design, Music, Neurosonics Audiomedical Labs Inc.

Good news from Apple Pips Recordings

Some time ago i featured a podcast from Apple Pips Recordings. A UK based label releasing tunes between dubstep, techno, minimal & house.
The recent release Justify EP by Ramadanman and Appleblim sounds very promising.

Ramadanman & Appleblim – Justify:

The AA Side is a remix by Will Saul & Mike Monday and is more techy. I really like both of the tracks!

More News: Ramandanman has a proper music video for his track “Humber” released on Apple Pips.
Really like the design and the style..

Ramadanman – Humber (Apple Pips Recordings) from applepips on Vimeo.

Tags: Animation, Apple Pips, Appleblim, Justify EP, Motion Design, Music, ramadanman