Video: Unwordable
. Directed by Killian Lassablière and Antoine Plainfossé, Unwordable weaves together the urban landscape of Paris and the haunting journey of a skater through the city. Editor : Martin Pierret … Continue reading
Video: Making Japanese handmade paper
. A tradition going back to the 16th century, making paper by hand is still central to life in the village of Kurotani in the Japanese prefecture of Kyoto. The … 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: 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
Patricia A. Nugent: Dangerous
“I think your conclusion is very dangerous,” he chided. I’ve never been accused of dangerous thinking before. Obsessive, maybe, but never dangerous. Especially by someone I respect as much as … 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: Ma Mama
. In this imaginative animated video, two lovers explore a patterned jungle world and meet some animal friends along the way. Director Katy Wang says, “I had so much fun creating … Continue reading
Video: Young Ian McKellan Jamming Shakespeare with Fleshtones on Warhol’s TV show (1987)
. Andy Warhol’s Fifteen Minutes which aired on MTV in the late 1980s was a multimedia circus featuring “The high and the low. The rich and the famous. The struggling … Continue reading
Tristan Ahtone: How an Ancient Singing Tradition Helps People Cope With Trauma in the Modern World
Riitta Excell wore a pair of homemade wool socks: white with red floral patterns and rounded blue toes. Around her were women sipping tea and enjoying plum pastries and chicken … Continue reading
Video: Birth of a Bee
. From egg to the air: 21 days of bee development condensed into one mesmerising minute. After just three weeks of development, worker bees emerge from their brood cells fully … Continue reading
Video: Johnny Cash — “Hurt”
. In what may have been the last recorded performance of Johnny Cash, he covers a Trent Reznor lament about love and loss. Email subscribers may click on the title … Continue reading
Abby Zimet: This Is America
. This week saw both more achingly quotidian crimes against African-Americans – cops called for Shopping/Napping/Airbnbing While Black – and, aptly mirroring them, the release of the searing video … Continue reading
Video: illuminate — a cinematic poem about being in the closet
. Nisha Gupta, the director of “illuminate,” says: This short film is based on in-depth phenomenological research interviews with sexual minorities about their lived experiences of being in the closet. … Continue reading
