Yes, 2020 feels like a write-off in many ways but Stash 144 proves the planet’s designers, animators, and VFX artists faced the storm with unwavering resolve and new levels of innovation. [Watch]
Berlin-based Taiwanese animation director Cheng-Hsu Chung and Barcelona artist/illustrator Ricardo Cavolo combine their shared proclivity for the enigmatic into a mellow and tripped-out visual feast for British musical artist Chelou. [Watch]
Director and video artist Yoshi Sodeoka in New York: “Lately I’ve been making a lot of audio-reactive generative works using a technique based on reaction diffusion. I realized that the pulsing rhythmic structure of “Spike” makes it a perfect audio track to synchronize with a visual improvisation on the impulse and evolution of imaginary microorganisms. [Watch]
Taiwanese director Muh Chen and the crew at Grass Jelly Studio in Taipei up the ante in the zoetrope genre with this ambitious, intricate (and surprisingly emotional) mix of live-action and VFX for singer Hebe Tien. [Watch]
New York conceptual artist and filmmaker Alex Da Corte creates a rush of surreal and light-hearted vignettes in this multi-media clip for Philadelphia rapper, singer, and songwriter Tierra Whack. [Watch]
Milan motion designer Gabriele Calvi summons a constantly shifting graphic dream for the Danish rock trio Town Portal in his enigmatic new music video for the track “Vanitas”. [Watch]
