Kevin McCrae, CD and founder at Playdead in Glasgow: “We were commissioned by Matchlight (an independent Scottish production company), to create a series of hand-drawn animations for a feature-length documentary on the famous English poet Ted Hughes, for BBC Two. [Watch]
Director/animator Ruben F Stremiz in Buenos Aires: “This project was born in quarantine, to be grateful to the medical staff for their effort during the covid pandemic. Later we transformed it into a short movie that shows us different attitudes during life in quarantine.” [Watch]
The latest 3D exploration from the team at C A T K in Berlin is a five-minute, data-driven opus of melting abstraction that “seeks the beauty and artistic potential in the algorithmic recreation of real-life occurrences.” [Watch]
Edinburgh filmmaker Jonnie Lewis and Ann Arbor, Michigan street artist David Zinn explore the nature of creativity in the mini-doc “Around the Block” with Scottish animation studio The 2D Workshop adding a lovely layer of whimsy. [Watch]
Director/animator Mélanie Gohin in Savoie, France: “This video is an animated poem, written by Kadeem Roper. The poem was written as a lovely gift – he is a copywriter [at Leo Burnett in Chicago], she is an artist. [Watch]
Sally Reynolds, an Australian designer/artist living in New York, says the inspirations for her latest short film “Alla Luce” include, ballet, Moby, American kinetic sculptor Anthony Howe, ceramic artist Juz Kitson, and a hangover. [Watch]
