RE-Up: Film screening

Ok, I'm certainly behind the times on all this blogging business. Blast!

Last friday we gathered as a collective time motion class and watched quite a few disturbing films. 

I really couldn't get over the one with the very-hairy-arm-man who was cutting off blood to his hands until they turned purple. 

And then there was this!

I really don't have any words for that. Except outside of the excerpt it's said he is actually masturbating underneath that table.

I suppose we call that art.

Art is what it is. Who am I to judge.

However that stuck around in the back of my head well into the weekend. 

Thanks, Vito Acconci.

-Key

Old School!

On the subject of old school animation, I wandered the intraweb for quite a bit. I came across this ad from 1959 from Japan. 

This amused me..for no real reason. That aside--while they were doing ^that in Japan in 1959.

Americaland was, for once, leaps and bounds ahead, technologically speaking.

Probably for the last time.

1959 in Americaland. Felix the Cat--in colour! (technocolor)

Speaking of old school which lead to this.

oh yes.... oh yes.

That is just amazing..and it leads back to animation!

full circle complete.

Cheers.

-Key

Oh My Oh My. Flip books.

Aloha. This is my completely-official-and-thought-to-be-long-lost-yet-slightly-revised-flipbook-blog-entry...

That's right.

For the animation elective class I am taking, we had to draw and shoot a 100 page flipbook. Something simple to test the waters of animation. 

My little book was about a robot..he was happy. Until he crossed paths with a determined turtle intent on cross a lane. Who will conquer gravity?

I have to say, that there are some pages missing---so it goes pretty fast.

I also have to admit that while attempting to upload this video clip to youtube--

I released an explosion of colourful words. Tempers are a magnificent thing.

I also thought this was really cute. Heh.

cheers.

-Key.

Optical Toys!

This will be my third attempt at posting this optical toys blog. I will smite it if it does not go through. again. 

While wandering the vast regions on youtube, right after being distracted by chinese rap...(yes, chinese rap)..I found a clip of a phenakistoscope that made me rather dizzy. 

Let us see if this worked out.