CG humans constructed of particles (often rendered as liquid of some kind) are common enough to qualify as their own genre. And while many of those projects get high marks for technical proficiency, few if any have elicited an emotional response close to the disturbing melancholy invoked by this unrelenting monochrome opus called “Granularity (video edit)” by the London musician and visual artist known as Redhoot. [Watch]
If we leave aside the question of whether an “honest and fair” phone company is even a possibility, this new spot from the recent Koodo campaign thru new Toronto agency Camp Jefferson packs lots of bonkers multimedia into 30 seconds. [Watch]
The California Inspires Me series sponsored by Google Play and California Sunday Magazine continues with Brooklyn illustrator/director James Blagden interpreting Beach Boys co-founder Brian Wilson’s rambling narrative about inventing surf music without being a surfer, and the joys of a simple life in California. Agency: BBH, Los Angeles. [Watch]
Hypnotic and isometric cosmic zoom motion art from Paris AD/motion designer/filmmaker Thomas Porthé disguised as a music video for the track “Back & Forth” by French DJ/beatmaker/MC Sylvain Richard (aka 20syl). [Watch]
Elegant and quietly emotional visual essay by SVA student Enle Li based on a Business Insider interview with Neil deGrasse Tyson about our fixation on longevity and how it distracts us from living a full life. [Watch]
Psyop directors Todd Mueller and Kylie Matulick combine a taste of Disney’s “Lady and the Tramp” with hyper-enhanced dog-vision in this rollicking treat, created thru Wieden+Kennedy and hand-animated by Duncan Studio in Pasadena. [Watch]
