Video: La Estrella, Spain. The Last Two Residents in the Village.
. Before the Spanish Civil War, La Estrella was a tiny but lively village in Spain with a population of roughly 200, but following the war’s end in 1939, … Continue reading
Video: Goodbye Uncanny Valley
. Since the advent of computer-generated imagery (CGI) in the 1970s, digital animation has progressed swiftly towards photorealism as computer-processing has become exponentially more powerful. Today, the best CGI has … Continue reading
Video: Rotkop (Skunk)
In this evocative short film from Flanders, Olli is a lonely teenage boy who makes trouble whenever he can. He spends his days riding his motorcycle and hanging around the … Continue reading
Video: Physicist Emmy Noether’s Theory of Symmetry (animation)
. This short animated film by Rosanna Wan explains how the early 20th century German mathematician Emmy Noether dramatically transformed how scientists think about the physical world when she revealed … Continue reading
Kali Holloway: 10 Most Unwanted Confederate Statues
. . . Kali Holloway is a Senior Director and Senior Writing Fellow at the Independent Media Institute. All images are included in Vox Populi for educational use only.
Video: A Portrait of Iraq
. From director Janssen Powers: If you Google image search “Iraq” looking for photos of anything other than soldiers and war then you’re in for some serious scrolling… Since the … Continue reading
Video: “the stone of me” by Gail Langstroth
http://www.wordmoves.com/uploads/files/17/the_stone_of_me.mp4 . the stone of me you lay your arm around me I feel its weight we sleep I wake to find your arm but not … Continue reading
Video: Swingrowers — Butterfly
. Italian group Swingrowers perform their song “Butterfly” in English with animation produced by Freshly Squeezed. Today I learnt that a small gust of wind can change the direction of … Continue reading
Video: The Monolith
. Pioneering NYC artist, Gwyneth Leech, enters a midtown art studio only to find that her skyline view will soon be blocked by the construction of yet another high-rise hotel. But … Continue reading
Video: Cautionary Tales
. A short film written and directed by Us. A bizarre incident as a young boy left Aaron with an unusual facial disfigurement that has plagued him all his life. … Continue reading
Video: Lattice
. The ‘atomic orderliness’ of crystals forming yield resplendent, microscopic landscapes Although they may look computer-generated, the micro-images created by Maria Ferreira at the Rhode Island School of Design, examine a … Continue reading
Video: You’re my music in this silence
. Erick Flores Garnelo gives us a short poem shaped from images and music, demonstrating the significance of small gestures in creating powerful feelings. The film is shot with a … Continue reading
Video: Ant Songs
. In this visually striking short film released in 2014, a traditional tale from Russia is told in a non-traditional way. Here’s the story: A man and a woman have … Continue reading
Video: The Pale Blue Dot
. Featuring the voice of Carl Sagan reading a passage from his 1994 book The Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space, this animated video comes from a class … Continue reading
