Aug
27
2010
Documentary film ‘Paradjanov – A Requiem’ (1994) by film historian and critic Ron Holloway is a real gem. Armenian Sergei Paradjanov is one of my favorite film directors and Sayat Nova, a piece of art that always leaves me speechless… pure beauty…

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Aug
20
2010
Ivana Jozic‘s interview came just in time to start my covering of William Forsythe‘s web project and data vizualization concept titled Synchronous Objects… Let’s check his piece One Flat Thing – Reproduced (2000) as a first post regarding this topic.

One Flat Thing by William Forsythe
Photo bellow: Michel Cavalca (c)
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Jul
30
2010
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…

Science Project: Temperature by Maggy Rozycki Hiltner
hand-stitched cotton doily, 2005
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Jun
30
2010
What serial killers and the art of illustration have in common? Well, you will get the answer from a short documentary film Death Row Art Star by independent filmmaker Aron Ranen… Ranen’s film competed in the short film selection at IDFA -International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam in 2005.
Screenshots from Death Row Art Star by Aron Ranen (c)
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May
31
2010
Here is a short documentary about one of the pioneers of American Modern Dance. Online footage on Jose Limón is still rather rare… I was very happy to find this short documentary uploaded by the Limón Dance Company 2 months ago…

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