The Lady and The Reaper An old lady is nearing the end of her days and she longs to be with the husband she has lost. So, when death pays her a visit on night in the form of a rather comical Grim Reaper then she touches his extended hand without fear. Only, she has not considered that a meddlling doctor on our side of the great divide will decide that she must be resuscitated . So ensues a terrific fight between the Reaper and the doctor, who fight fiercely over the mortal coil of the ancient dame. This wonderful 3D imaging short film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 2009.
Beautiful/Decay Cult of the Creative Arts Harry Potter Re-imagined As Disney Characters In this post we will showcase the whole cast of the Harry Potter universe as Disney-fied versions of themselves. DeviantArtist Makani is behind these character portraits and, oh my goodness, all her work is so great. We have seen Harry Potter as an anime, but what about as a Disney movie? Makani did an excellent job translating. Bush Satire - The Bushiad and The Idyossey - Its a Homer
Sebastians Voodoo, 3d animation about voodoo dolls, by Joaquin Baldwin - Pixel Nitrate Now playing: Sebastian's Voodoo Sebastian's Voodoo A voodoo doll must find the courage to save his friends from being pinned to death. Created at the UCLA Animation Workshop, with music by Nick Fevola. Release date: June 7th 2008 Format: HD 1920x1080 px, 16:9 Running time: 4:07s Awards and Honors Film Festivals and Screenings How To Materialize in a Parallel Universe Consider what happens, mentally, when you buy a new car. You pick out this unique model with brilliant colors and feel there is something really special about it. In fact, you picked it out precisely because it was special. Your conscious mind has a certain power over the material world which has been verified and validated in another world currently being explored by physicists: the quantum world. If you were to draw a circle around yourself and label it “the observer” and you were to draw another circle around your car and call it “the observed” you would feel as if you have drawn a pair of mutually exclusive things—you exist in your own circle, and your car exists in its own circle. To describe this interplay between mind and matter even further, picture yourself riding on a train with your head out the window. When something is moving really fast, I can’t make out any details, not even its general shape. So, is it a disk or a pen?
Before I Die & Candy Chang - StumbleUpon What matters most to you Interactive public art project that invites people to share their personal aspirations in public. After losing someone she loved and falling into depression, Chang created this experiment on an abandoned house in her neighborhood to create an anonymous place to help restore perspective and share intimately with her neighbors. The project gained global attention and thanks to passionate people around the world, over 1000 Before I Die walls have now been created in over 70 countries, including Kazakhstan, Iraq, Haiti, China, Ukraine, Portugal, Japan, Denmark, Argentina, and South Africa. The walls are an honest mess of the longing, pain, joy, insecurity, gratitude, fear, and wonder you find in every community, and they reimagine public spaces that nurture honesty, vulnerability, trust and understanding. The Before I Die book is a celebration of these walls and the stories behind them. 2011, New Orleans, LA. Cordoba, Argentina. Najaf, Iraq. Brooklyn, NY.