BBC´s Great video of David Attenborough - Wonderful World - and the Nature!

For you to get inspired!!!

Tim Burton

Tim burton's first stop-motion work. It's a short story about a boy named Vincent Malloy who wanted to be just like Vincet Price. Voice by Mr. Price himself. Subtitles in portuguese.

Mirrored by The SOns of the Stan Brakhage

Awesome finding! This is a great video...


Mirrored from The sons of Stan Brakhage on Vimeo.

Passage from THE TRIAL by KAFKA (Video by ORSON WELLES)

Ilha das Flores - The Isle of the Flowers by Jorge Furtado (Brazilian Short Story)

This is one of the greatest Brazilian Short Stories (as a experimental documentary) by Jorge Furtado from 1989. It refers to the social problems and poverty faced in Ilha das Flores, an island where garbage is thrown at and the food given to pigs worth more than the one given to kids. Watch it !

It tracks the path of a tomato from garden to dump with the help of a monotone voiceover and a collection of bizarre images. While a very humorous film, the message it delivers about how human beings treat each other is anything but such. The director himself has stated that the film was inspired by the works of Kurt Vonnegut and Alain Resnais, among others.

The film has been denounced as "materialistic" because one of its early credits displays the phrase "God doesn't exist". Nevertheless, critic Jean-Claude Bernardet defined Isle of Flowers "a religious film", and the Brazilian National Bishop Confederation awarded the film with the Margarida de Prata (Silver Daisy), calling it "the best Brazilian film of the year" in 1990. In 1995, Isle of Flowers was chosen by the European critics as one of the 100 most important short films of the century.

PLOT

A constant and verbose off-narrator guides the viewer through the life of a tomato. Beginning at Mr Suzuki's tomato field, the tomato is then sold to a supermarket, where it is acquired by Mrs Anete, a perfume saleswoman, together with some pork. Each exchange requires the presence of money, which is, together with the tomato, the constant element in the story. Mrs Anete intends to prepare a tomato sauce for the pork, but, having considered one of Mr Suzuki's tomatoes inadequate, she throws it in the garbage. Together with the rest of the garbage, the tomato is taken to Isle of Flowers (Ilha das Flores), Porto Alegre's landfill. There, the organic material considered adequate is selected as food for pigs. The rest, which is considered inadequate for the pigs, is given to poor women and children to eat.

This is an English Version! Enjoy!







Let me know what you thought about it.

Invention of Love (2010) - Animated Short Film by HHG Film COmpany

A love story from the world of gears and bolts.

Animated short 2010.
Inspired by Lotte Reiniger works and Antony Lucas's Jasper Morello film.

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Diploma project.

Written & Directed by Andrey Shushkov

Original Music and Sound: Polina Sizova, Anton Melnikov.
Violin perfomed by Anna Gudkova

Animation, Design, Compositing, Editing: Andrey Shushkov

* Reference link: http://www.youtube.com/user/hhgru

29 Ways to Stay Creative

Zero by Christopher Kezelos

In a world that judges people by their number, Zero faces constant prejudice and persecution. He walks a lonely path until a chance encounter changes his life forever: he meets a female zero. Together they prove that through determination, courage, and love, nothing can be truly something.

About the Director: Christopher Kezelos has recently relocated to Los Angeles from Sydney, Australia and is seeking new Directing opportunities and representation. To get in touch, you can contact him here:http://www.zealouscreative.com/contact/

La Historia de Mano de Pincel - (The Brush Hand Boy) by Punkarlos

Esta es la historia de Manos de Pincel, una propuesta hecha por "alternativas academicas", creo que no hace falta mucha presentación, asi que aqui va el interesante y excelente cortometraje:

Una noche oscura y cerca de las 10
un evento en la casa del juez
del segundo piso se escucho ese llanto
de aquel niño que habian esperado tanto
es un varon!, grito alegre su padre
besando la frente de la exsausta madre
la tradicion familiar tu vas a seguir
pero el destino otra cosa tenia que decir,
siguio la fortuna su destino cruel
la mano del niño era de pìncel.

Una tarde de viernes tomado aire fresco
pincel salio al mundo
con ... fin el cerco
en la sopa de letras undio sus pinceles
y vio el placer de colorear manteles,
se dan cuenta nuestros invitados
que el niño improvisa corseles alados
feliz cumpleaños dijo el juez amigo
¿que abra dentro de este moño tan prolijo?
quien iva a pensar
contra toda hipotesis
que en la caja venia una protesis
Leia en el parque ya con 17
cuando un lepidoptero muy impertinente
lo llevo al encuentro de una enorme lente Pincel aun flotando en su dulce aventura conjura un encuentro en dizfras de axidente el rayo golpea al adolesente lo invade una extraña clase de locura y sin prosesarlo
se arranca el martillo y estallan los rojos y los amarillos pero aquella calma fue un breve interludio
el juez desplego el alegato en su estudio pequeño incorrecto despresias mi afecto con tal mala suerte que impacto al insecto pincel setrago el derrumbe de su anelo llevandose consigo el retrato de su abuelo
y rumiando su propio caos existencial
hasta su ventana alguien envio la señal
un grupo de hormigas con alternativas
y al sumerguir su nariz en el papel
descubrio que habian cientos como el
manos de bisturi, de calculadora, de pluma, de telescopio, de bandeja doradora donde estudiar, los puntajes, en la tele habian reportajes, en la web habian ejercicios parecia que se habia roto por completo el malefisio
junto sus pinturas y ataco la tela
dispuesto a cambiar la historia familiar de punta a ... de oleo y de acuarela una noche clara, cerca de las 10 era el gran evento en la casadel juez todos celebraban al nuevo graduado
tambien el abuelo muy bien embarcado.

Sand animation by Kseniya Simonova

Kseniya Simonova won the Ucranian Got Talent-Tens Competition by doing a sand animation of the Germany invasion during the World War II. It is worth checking out this 8 minutes video!

Guillaume Nery base jumping at Dean's Blue Hole, filmed on breath hold by Julie Gautier

FREE FALL: World champion freediver Guillaume Nery special dive at Dean's Blue Hole, the deepest blue hole in the world filmed entirely on breath hold by the french champion Julie Gautier. This video is a FICTION and an ARTISTIC PROJECT. Edited by BLUENERY (c). Music: ARCHIVE - you make me feel.


Other two interesting videos with Guillaume:

30 Seconds to Mars' interview

30 Seconds to Mars is coming soon to Brazil.

It is worth watching this interview with the yummy Jared Leto!

The Thirty Seconds to Mars singer talks about dressing in drag, and getting banned for being too racy. Plus, Jared gives George a gift that's inappropriate for television.

Innovative Film And Art Animations From The Past 10 Years

From the big film screen to the small computer screen, the past ten years have seen a boom in animation- both in the film world and the fine art world, (not to mention the DIY craft world). While we know the list could go on, check out the slideshow below for a compilation of few of our favorite, innovative animations from the past 10 years. What are some of your favorite animations?

Don Hertzfeldt is the creator of many short animated films, including Rejected, nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 2000. You may recognize some lines from these shorts, as they've gained a cult following over the years. Short, quirky, and hilarious, these shorts definitely paved the way for the many youtube and pop culture animations




The Triplets of Belleville (2003), directed by Sylvain Chomet, is one of our favorite animations of the decade. This nearly silent film manages to paint a touching and unique story without the use of much dialogue; the story is told through pantomime and song. Talk about innovation. The film was nominated for two Academy Awards — Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song for "Belleville Rendez-vous". It was also screened out of competition (hors concours) at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival.


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South African artist Robin Rhode works predominantly with everyday materials: charcoal, chalk and paint, creating performances in which he interacts with the objects he creates. Imagine a chalk drawing of a basket ball court that he then animates, photographing his own body in action on this two dimensional court. Rhode combines traditional visuals, performance, video and photography. One part street artist, one part animator, Rhode is definitely an innovator




It's not often that documentary styles are combined with animation for feature length film; Israeli film director, Ari Folman's takes this challenge with his notable Waltz with Bashir (2008). For this film, Folman filmed standard interviews, and mixed them with his own surreal visions and dreams of his experiences in the Lebanon War as a 19 year old soldier. The result is a deep exploration of the aftermath of war.




With her recent work at Art Basel Miami and the Venice Biennial, Swedish video artist, Nathalie Djurberg, shows that her stop motion claymations are not as innocent as they seem, but rather, studies in human behavior, exploring nightmares, fears, and desires, uncensored. Her short films are fantastical and dark; her use of claymation adds irony to her graphic and erotic films



* Source Huffington Post

Experimental Japan by Dave Lee

Chop Cup by Dave Lee

CHOP CUP from :weareom: on Vimeo.

This is an amazing video that tells you to have another mind set.

Once more, Dave Lee masters the video editing and creativity. This video called  Chop Cup was directed by Weareom and it was selected for OneDotZero_Adventures in Motion Festival, London '10.

Check out its Making of:

CHOP CUP - Making of from :weareom: on Vimeo.

Christmas Light - Coldplay

Have a great GREAT great X-MAs from

THE ART REFERENCE TEAM !!!

Bedtime Story with Abraham Willosby by Joseph Bennett

National Ballet of China - Raise the Red Lantern

After sell out seasons in London, New York and Washington the National Ballet of China makes its first visit to Brazil. This prestigious company of 70 dancers presented the internationally acclaimed classical ballet Raise the Red Lantern for 8 performances at the Municipal in Rio de Janeiro.

Raise the Red Lantern, directed by Zhang Yimou, is one of the most sublimely beautiful and openly controversial films of the 1990’s. Zhang’s unique method of story telling – seen in his House of Flying Daggers and Hero combines an almost choreographic use of image with a powerful narrative. Raise the Red Lantern won him an Oscar nomination and universal acclaim.



Zhang brings cinematic and passionate vision to the dance stage with his stunning adaptation of one of his most acclaimed cinematic creations.


It is an event of cultural significance an internationally acclaimed classical ballet, featuring an original score by Qigang Chen and choreography by Xin Peng Wang in the first ever Australian tour of the National Ballet of China.

“A modern ballet with the sweep of a big budget motion picture… a powerful piece of dance theatre” NEW YORK TIMES

View from the Municipal Theater

Municipal Theater in Downtown (Center) - Rio de Janeiro

Last Sunday

There is always this huge natural flower arrange in the entrance

Brazilians arriving at the Municipal

“East meets West in epic style”
SUNDAY TIMES

Inside the Municipal Theater

Cafe at the Municipal

Me posing at the stairs!

15 mins break!

Mural during the 15 mins break.

Last Applause



Raghava KK: Five lives of an artist

With endearing honesty and vulnerability, Raghava KK tells the colorful tale of how art has taken his life to new places, and how life experiences in turn have driven his multiple reincarnations as an artist -- from cartoonist to painter, media darling to social outcast, and son to father.


Raghava KK's paintings and drawings use cartoonish shapes and colors to examine the body, society, our world.


Check is speech at TED:

Cliffs along the sea - by Christian Hansen

Cliffs Along The Sea from Christian Hansen on Vimeo.


Nice, calm video to relax and be inspired in this hell sunny Monday!