Sangfroid

An Interactive 3d Photo model of the Vatican, at the official Vatican website!

Last night, I went to Midsummer Night 2oons last night at the M1-5 bar (which is either a reference to a globular cluster in the Pegasus constellation or a punk band). It was organized by 5 semi successful animators who convinced the bar that they could show their animations and drive people to buy drinks during happy hour, but could not convince them to let them use their 6 HD flat screen TVs and instead projected animations on the wall (over lamps) and had several audio issues. That being said, the idea was great, very good for them and their friends. I ran into Alyssa D, and we had a good time and The Adventures of Man Child seemed to be the favorite.


And also yesterday my dad asked me to photograph a tour he arranged of the new Cooper Union building for various architects and engineers of the School Construction Authority.

Sideswipe

You can find a cute 1 minute recording of my lovely self at the Sunnyside Sound Project and listen right HERE. Sabine Heinlein is a really cool lady who moved into the neighborhood a few years ago and apparently was inspired by her neighbors. I got to make friends with some crazy old ladies.



"Poor creatures, why must we destroy you? I'll tell you why. Order is the tide of creation, but yours is a species that worships the one over the many. You glorify your intelligence because it allows you to believe anything. That you have a destiny, that you have a right, that you have a cause, that you are special. That you are great. But the truth... you are born insane. And such misery, can't be allowed to spread."
~ Evil Alien at the end of "Starship Troopers 2"

B.E.A.T.

ENVISION : Step into the sensory box from SUPERBIEN on Vimeo.

VIA Sarah Elizabeth Clemens

BABIES

Animation ebbs and tides, apparently. In this year's NYU Tisch Animation festival there were fewer films than I expected, and I looked for some pearls. Matt Christensen's "Rant" was great, but I covered that in an earlier post. So my highlight goes to Vincent Hon's "Cold Place, Warm Tale" which was a solid attempt to make a good film with a nice flair in fairy tale, anime, and character animation. Plus, I enjoyed the "draw two people with both hands while not looking at your drawing" game very much.

I couldn't find a relevant picture or video, so this will have to do. Vincent Hon animates with his feet, apparently.

Some cool art by *Phobs

Intro to animation pieces usually have great music too:

Genuflect Genuflect Genuflect

With similar transfiguring glee, Levi van Veluw of the Netherlands treats the flesh of his face and torso as topsoil, slathering on layers of moss, grasses, leaves and florets until he looks like a kind of Julius Caesar Chia Pet.