Jul 30 2010

Knitting, embroidery, crocheting and needlepoint in animation and stop motion

Animation, stop motion and computing have a lot of possibilities and techniques for expressing ideas and stories… Following last posts regarding textiles, I simply got an idea to collect few animated and stop motion films which were designed with the help of knitting, crocheting, embroidery and needlepoint…

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Science Project: Temperature by Maggy Rozycki Hiltner
hand-stitched cotton doily, 2005

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Jun 10 2010

Pocket cinema: Love & Theft by Andreas Hykade

‘Love & Theft’ (2010) by Andreas Hykade is a film I saw at Animafest 2010 last week… An animated film that brings us to the beginnings of the art of animation and moving images, as well as towards our comic book heritage… simple and plain… like a practical example and lesson on design and logos, typography and the power of minimalism…

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Apr 1 2010

Body cinema: Illuminated – Motion Capture Dance Animation by Kevin Abbott

‘Illuminated – Motion Capture Dance Animation’ by Kevin Abbott was created for a dance concert at Western Michigan University in 2008.

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Mar 14 2010

Pocket cinema: Symphony by Eric Oh

Erick Oh is an award winning animation artist based in Los Angeles whose films have been regularly screened at festivals such as Annecy Animation Festival, SIGGRAPH, Anima Mundi, Ars Electronica, LACMA Director’s Night… For Symphony he has received tones awards during 2009 and 2010.

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Mar 8 2010

Pocket cinema: En Tus Brazos

A short 3D film about Tango and a passionate couple of dancers entitled En Tus Brazos (In Your Arms), directed by François-Xavier Goby, Edouard Jouret and Matthieu Landour in Spanish-French coo-production to warm our frozen limbs as well as for speeding up blood in our veins in this marble cold evening…

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