I love simplicity in the arts, it can be so surprising and magical. This video is a teaser for Sparkles and Wine, a song on Opale’s upcoming album L’incandescent. As the light source rotates around a woman’s face, highlights and shadows quickly form along the contours of her face and to her subtle expressions, then disappear. It has a time-lapse quality to it, appearing as if this woman is aging. But before we see the end, it ropes back to the beginning.
Posts Tagged ‘music video’
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Moving Images: Sparkles and Wine
May 17, 2013 by Erin Fletcher
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Moving Images: Wonderful World
January 25, 2013 by Erin Fletcher
Lost Lander explores the evolution of the prime number through this spectacularly pleasing and colorful graphic video. As a bonus to purchasing their album you receive a mini paper planetarium that will project stars in any dark space!
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Moving Images: Hundred Waters
January 4, 2013 by Erin Fletcher
A bit of visual entertainment to bring you into the weekend. Another brilliant animation from Martin Allais for the song Hundred Waters by Thistle is scattered with elements reminiscent of Michel Gondry and Jan Švankmajer. Although the video is a bit macabre, the animation is clever and stunning.
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Moving Images: a2 by Ólafur Arnalds & Nils Frahm
December 21, 2012 by Erin Fletcher
If you don’t know about Ólafur Arnalds, you need to watch this video right now! For a recent collaboration between Ólafur Arnalds and Nils Frahm, director Michael Zoidis & Jodie Southgate have supplied this ethereal visual experience by experimenting with a bit of milk, food coloring and vinegar under a macro lens.
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Moving Images: Bubbles in Space
December 7, 2012 by Erin Fletcher
Over a 100 high school students were recruited to draw over 3,000 frames for the video of Michael Andrews’ new single ‘Bubbles in Space’. Don’t miss the flying dolphin and barrage of Hello Kitty heads.
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Artist: Liam Stevens
August 6, 2012 by Erin Fletcher
Armed with a Pentel 0.7mm mechanical pencil, pile of colored paper and scalpel, Liam Stevens uses these basic materials to create images through expressive lines and shapes. Liam’s impeccable skill at illustration and shading invites the viewer into these 2-dimensional worlds of whimsical realism.
Liam further explores his creativity by transforming his flat drawings into interactive scenes in this animated music video for My Robot Friend.