Apr 17
Whoa, who would have thought that mutating hexagons could be so beautiful. It’s like watching a sheet of sentient paper origami itself into form. More »
Apr 16
So this is what living inside our most recognizable plant would look like—a gently bobbing yellow haze, with occasional downpours of ring rain. Quite peaceful really, ignoring the fact that its atmosphere is almost entirely hydrogen and helium. This short by Brazillian multimedia designer, Nagash, mixes macro video with snippets of “Saturnine” and “How to Measure a Planet” by The Gathering. More »
Apr 15
This heart-wrenching short by Kyle Moy and Ellen Su, follows a young astronaut and his space dog as they desperately try to avoid a horrific and painful death. It serves as a gorgeously animated gut-check that while we can’t choose when we go out, we can choose how we do so. More »
Apr 12
And you thought the Warner Bros. cat and mouse duo had outlandish chase sequences? Psh. This CGI reboot by Brian Jin combine Tom and Jerry’s slapstick humor with an anime motiff and Michael Bay-caliber explosions as the duo wreaks havoc on an airport’s security installment (and takes down a terrorist for good measure). More »
Apr 11
Like a modern-day Dante traversing the pits of Hell before ascending into Paradise, J03 is a man far out of his depth and just looking for the road home. Well, not so much a man as an 8-bit robot trapped in the digital revolution. Check out this cool live action/3D animated short by Once Were Farmers and The Gate Films. More »
Apr 10
The Weirdest Thing on the Internet Tonight: Hello Tyrannosaurus, Meet Tyrannicide
Posted in: Today's Chili
Warning: The following may cause epileptic seizures. Do not watch “Hello Tyrannosaurus, Meet Tyrannicide” by Hertfordshire-based post-hardcore quartet Enter Shikari while driving, operating heavy machinery, flying commercial aircraft, twerking, tweeting, forking, or spooning. Especially do not watch after turning off the overhead lights and sitting really close to the monitor. In fact, do not watch this video at all, just stop thinking and obey. – mgmt. More »
Apr 09
Overachievers take heed: In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man may be king but the two-eyed corneal thief is a victim of his own success. This cautionary tale from We Think Things illustrates the dangers of society turning a blind eye to crime. More »
Apr 08
The Weirdest Thing on the Internet Tonight: Thumb Snatchers From the Moon Cocoon
Posted in: Today's Chili
It never ceases to amaze me how sentient extra-terrestrial civilizations can create massive interstellar spacecraft, navigate through the unimaginable voids of the cosmos, and nearly exterminate humanity with their nifty laser weapons, only to be taken down by a computer virus designed by Jeff Goldblum. At least make them incompetent like the invaders from this awesome, hand animated short by Bradley Schaffer. More »
Apr 05
A young girl’s flights of fancy take a turn for the frightful in her pursuit of a mysterious glowing butterfly. Between the mythical dangers and deadly adversaries, it’ll be a small miracle if she can make it out of these woods alive. More »
Apr 04
This impressive mixed-media short from Masashi Yokota, translated roughly as “Memory Panorama,” combines cinematography and papercraft. Every advancing video frame is recreated on a new still layer which, over time, grow into a stop motion animation of their own—while remaining in sync with the video itself. [Masashi Yokota] More »
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