“This striking Radiolab video made by Everynone was inspired by Radiolab’s Desperately Seeking Symmetry episode. Filmmakers Will Hoffman, Daniel Mercadante, and Julius Metoyer III play with our yearning for balance, and reveal how beautiful imperfect matches can be.”
“The idea of producing variations on a work from the past was probably inspired by Picasso who reinterpreted works by Grünewald, Delacroix, Manet, Gauguin and Velazquez himself.”
“Picasso is the reason why I paint. He is the father figure, who gave me the wish to paint……Picasso was the first person to produce figurative paintings which overturned the rules of appearance; he suggested appearance without using the usual codes, without respecting the representational truth of form, but using a breath of irrationality instead, to make representation stronger and more direct; so that form could pass directly from the eye to the stomach without going through the brain.”
1856 Burritt – Huntington Chart of Comets, Star Clusters, Galaxies, and Nebulae
“This rare chart of comets, star clusters and nebula was engraved W. G. Evans of New York for Burritt’s Atlas to Illustrate the Geography of the Heavens . Notes several important comets recorded in the previous 300 years including the Comet of 1689, the Comet of 1744, The Great Comet of 1680, the Great Comet of 1811, Halley’s Cement, the Great Comet of 119 and the Comet of 1843. Also shows several well known nebulas including the Horse Shoe Nebula, the Spiral Nebula and the Dumb Bell Nebula. This unusual chart appeared in the 1856 edition of Burritt’s Atlas and was not present in earlier edition.”
Amarylis
Too Art for TV’s Experimental Film Exhibit Retrospective.
The Big Screen Project is pleased to present:Too Art for TV’s Experimental Film Exhibit Retrospective.
Opening reception TODAY April 14th 2011, 7pm. Indoor viewing at Food Parc and Public Plaza – 851 6th AveOutdoor viewing at 6th Ave Bet. 29th and 30th Streets
Big Screen Project (Chelsea, NY), in collaboration with Too Art for TV, is proud to host Too Art for TV: Experimental Film Exhibit Retrospective. 11 artists – some of whom have exhibited with Too Art for TV in the past, and some who are presently part of the exhibit Too Art for TV 5 (Williamsburg, Brooklyn), will screen together for one hour on Big Screen Project’s large open air screen in Chelsea, NY.
Too Art for TV is an annual fine art show for the animation industry. Experimental film has been part of Too Art’s vision since the exhibit started in 2006, but due to the crowded openings, Too Art’s film content can often times be difficult to experience. With Big Screen’s presentation of Too Art for TV’s Experimental Film Exhibit Retrospective, Too Art’s artists can enjoy a larger-than-life vehicle for their film and animation musings.
FEATURING:
Forest
by Eric LeiserRoz
by Brad MossmanTeenage Lovesong
by Conor O’Kelly LynchSpare Time
by Edmond HawkinsOK I’ll Let You Go
by Greg CondonAnimated Journal
by Paul GreerErodium II
by David MontgomeryAesthetic Species Maps
by David MontgomeryA Self Portrait 1981 – 2009
by Jimmy CalhounThe Bellows March
by Eric DyerArithmetic
by Laurie O’Brian
That’s tonight, Brooklyn people. They’ll be showing the Animated Journal amongst some other probably more excellent work.
If you’re in the neighbourhood please check it out.
Postcard from Japan
“- and besides, one thing that has become very clear in the last few terrible weeks is that ordinary, mundane life is a miracle, and the only place where you can find happiness.”
“Die Welt im Feuer, oder das wahre Vergehen und Ende der Welt, durch den letzten Sünd-Brand translate”
or: Depicting the destruction of the earth in several stages:
“This engraving is one of twelve found in a fine little book, the brainchild of clergyman/semi-scientist Jodocus Frisch (1714-1787), who delivered to the (un-) waiting world his vision of how the earth and heaven will come to an end, there at the end of days. Die Welt im Feuer, Oder das Wahre Vergehen und Ende der Welt, Durch den letzten Sünd-Brand (printed in Sorau by Gottlob Heboldm in 1746) is one of very few works that depict (in illustration) the destruction of the Earth, and even though Frisch illuminates biblically-based theory, the idea of the earth exploding into bits in primordial fire and so on was extraordinary. The images were done in four colors representing the four elements: yellow, brown, green and white represented (respectively) fire, earth, water and air. In this image, we see the fire-centric earth encircled by a sphere of water, which is surrounded by a sphere of fire, which in turn is surrounded by a sphere of air, with much bad stuff happening. “
More to be found at thesciencebookstore.
A Cosmological Fantasia
Very proud to say I am a small part of the awesomeness that is the BDH graphics team on the BBC’s Prof. Brian Cox, doe-eyed-lens-flare-fest, “Wonders of the Universe”.
I made particular contributions to star surfaces and coronal loops.
Here is an edit of all the graphics we produced for the series, with a soundtrack by Timo Baker.
This comes with a caution, as face melting may occur.
EDIT: Looks like they had to take the edit down, but you can still see the trailer for the show here.
Paul Greer 