We stumbled upon (as in ACTUALLY stumbled upon) this special little animated journey of self-discovery, which boasts visual style that moves seamlessly from a Beavis/Butthead-like trippy glitch, to a retro-lovely pixel paradise, to a geometric fantasy sundae. With all the sumptuous sensationalism of a Disney cartoon, the story administers a classic fairytale teaching in a … Continued
Well isn’t this something! A website streaming free, full-length and only the finest documentaries. We’ve been waiting on this for like EVER, and at long last someone’s found the secret formula to make it happen. From hot-off-the-press blockbusters like Michael Moore’s SiCKO (as well as his other greatest hits), to the soul-sucking horrors of The … Continued
We posted four new clips for your A/V pleasure on our super-swish new music video portal 2Pause. No less than three of them were prize-winners at Protoclip in Paris last month, including stop motion splendors from Olivier Gondry and Olivier Martin. The fourth is the brain-crunchingly beautiful Yeasayer video for Ambling Alp, concocted by some … Continued
The L.A Times recently launched their interactive investigation of the conflict between Mexico’s powerful drug gangs and the country’s ruthless government troops – a gruelling but incredible body of multi-media journalism that delves right inside this parallel violent world on North America’s doorstep. As well as remarkably raw still photography and video with optional captions, … Continued
Nine Inch Nails, rock religion of the 1990s and pioneers of open source remixing in music video culture, released 400 gigs of high quality concert footage to the public last year. In a maelstrom of credit crunch consciousness, they side-stepped a costly concert video production inviting instead their fans to edit, remix, and screen their … Continued
Thaw out with this honey-hued Take-Away Show of Josh Rouse, the exquisite Nebraskan pop-folkalist, bringing music to the sun-dappled streets of fair Barcelona. Just the latest offering in a gloriously limitless supply of raw, spirited music moments from the likes of Sigur Ros, Arcade Fire and hipster of hipsters Tom Jones, on La Blogotheque – … Continued
The young GIF-God running things at Drop Me Off in Harlem, created a bespoke triptych portrait, pixel by pixel of us SubmarineChannel lovelies which has taken permanent residence on our Contacts page. C’est si bon! He’s also just launched a bunch of classic album-cover GIF animations featuring eye-rolling, baby-jumping devilry.
Aah the New York Times! Not satisfied with being an award-winning bible of reputable American journalism, they’re cracking the interactive market too. Following on from their brilliant Lens audio-visual reportage blog, One in 8 Million offers a poignant selection of monochromatic character portraits, via beautifully shot photography and audio recordings with everyday extraordinary citizens.
Ooh! A documentary about the sexy backlash against the snooty high-brow art industry, which emerged from the underground skate and record sleeve creative burblings of the 80s and early 90s. The likes of Gary Baseman, Mark Ryden, and Miss Van – now worth a pretty penny and no mistake – all started out in dusty, … Continued
WOWZAH! A Uruguyan director / super-bot made this CGI-tastic short sci-fi gem about giant monster robots demolishing the city of Montevideo in a glorious frenzy of unbridled brimstone and fire. Having spent a mere 300 bucks making it, he uploaded to YouTube on the Thursday and by Monday he had been offered a 300 million … Continued
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