SHUT UP - Savages

In times of facebook omnipresence, a manifesto:

SILENCE YOURSELF

THE WOLRD USED TO BE SILENT
NOW IT HAS TOO MANY VOICES
AND THE NOISE IS A CONSTANT DISTRACTION
THEY MULTIPLY, INTENSIFY
THEY WILL DIVERT YOUR ATTENTION TO WHAT’S CONVENIENT
AND FORGET TO TELL YOU ABOUT YOURSELF
WE LIVE IN AN AGE OF MANY STIMULATIONS
IF YOU ARE FOCUSED YOU ARE HARDER TO REACH
IF YOU ARE DISTRACTED YOU ARE AVAILABLE
YOU ARE DISTRACTED
YOU ARE AVAILABLE
YOU WANT FLATTERY
ALWAYS LOOKING TO WHERE IT’S AT
YOU WANT TO TAKE PART IN EVERYTHING AND EVERYTHING TO BE A PART OF YOU
YOUR HEAD IS SPINNING FAST AT THE END OF YOUR SPINE UNTIL YOU HAVE NO FACE AT ALL
AND YET
IF THE WORLD WOULD SHUT UP
EVEN FOR A WHILE
PERHAPS
WE WOULD START HEARING THE DISTANT RHYTHM OF AN ANGRY YOUNG TUNE – AND RECOMPOSE OURSELVES
PERHAPS
HAVING DECONSTRUCTED EVERYTHING
WE SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT PUTTING EVERYTHING BACK TOGETHER
SILENCE YOURSELF

The Ruins of Detroit by Yves Marchand & Romain Meffre

"Detroit, industrial capital of the XXth Century, played a fundamental role shaping the modern world. The logic that created the city also destroyed it. Nowadays, unlike anywhere else, the city’s ruins are not isolated details in the urban environment. They have become a natural component of the landscape. Detroit presents all archetypal buildings of an American city in a state of mummification. Its splendid decaying monuments are, no less than the Pyramids of Egypt, the Coliseum of Rome, or the Acropolis in Athens, remnants of the passing of a great Empire."

Yves Marchand & Romain Meffre official website.

Fritz Lang - Chapelier Fou by Bjorn Feldmann

Fritz Lang - Chapelier Fou from Bjorn Feldmann on Vimeo.

In a factory, thousands are working without a pause. One of them decides to break out to find where he comes from.

it's a personal work I did for one year in my free-time. I based my story on the music of Chapelier Fou.
Inspired by german expressionism and of course Fritz Lang's Metropolis, but also mechanism of Jean Tinguely or looney tunes backgrounds.
The whole project was done entirely in After Effects: illustration, animation, editing and compositing.

Thanks to Chapelier Fou for letting me use his music.
you can buy/download the album "invisible" on www.icidailleurs.com/chapelier-fou
www.chapelierfou.com

And to Pierre Thirion www.21h42.com for his help in developing the story!

Enjoy & Share!!!

Drenched Wind

Drenched Wind from Luis Furtado on Vimeo.

A video by Luis Furtado
Music: Stone in Focus by Aphex Twin

Homage to Ralph Gibson

Photography by Luis Furtado. Sírio-Libanês Hospital construction site.
See: Ralph Gibson and Larry Clark in São Paulo at MIS.

KARINA BUHR - Nassiria e Najaf

The Makers of Things

The Makers of Things: The Society from Anne Holiday on Vimeo.

Who we are is intrinsically connected to what we do and the things we build. So what does a lifetime of making things look like?

The Makers of Things - a short film collection by Anne Hollowday - documents the work and workshops of the Society for Model and Experimental Engineers, a sprawling organisation with members all over the world. Their common tools and methods mask a huge array of interests and skills, from experimental tinkerers to woodworkers and librarians, all brought together under the roof of their South London headquarters.

The Society
SMEE isn't like any other engineering society. It's a community united by a passion for making things and testing ideas. Their unparalleled devotion to their craft is evidence of a universal truth that's relevant to us all; we learn only by doing.

See the remaining three films in the collection here: http://themakersofthings.co.uk/

Les poings sur les iles (in Korean)

Les poings sur les iles from Sang hyun on Vimeo.

Text: Elise fontenaille
Illustration: Violeta lopiz
Publication: Rouergue(France)

Studio: Picture book Sangsang
Film Director: Lu bing
Animated : Lu bing, Kang Suhyun, Kim Soyoung, Lee Minhwee
Sound effect : Lee Sungrok
Music: Lee Taehoon
Voice: Han Gil
Script Kwon Seulki
Picture book coordinator: Choun, Sang-hyun.

Dervish grieving in Turkey