tis the season: A Krampus Carol by Anthony Bourdain

Krampus is Santa Claus' whip-toting Christmas sidekick. According to legend, Krampus joins Santa where he tends to the children on Santa's naughty list. No coal here though. Instead, Krampus whips and licks children into shape or carries them off in his sack.

Leave it to anthony bourdain to come up with this sinister little christmas tale. I've chosen this vid as one of my instant christmas classics.

MGMT covers classic Bauhaus -- wonderfully (VIDEO)

MGMT - All We Ever Wanted Was Everything from oneedo on Vimeo.

MGMT present some visuals for “All We Ever Wanted Was Everything”, a track off the band’s latest Late Night Tales release. A cover of the classic Bauhaus tune, “All We Ever Wanted Was Everything” features a fully animated look, directed by Ned Wenlock, with production from Georgiana Taylor and animation by Rodney Selby. Enjoy! - (via hypebeast)

tis the season: Squirrel Nut Zippers - Ghost of Stephen Foster

Alex Mallis' Short Film re: #OWS: Right Here All Over

- inspiring

Right Here All Over (Occupy Wall St.) from Alex Mallis on Vimeo.

delightful animated short: Light up by David Duvieusart

Light up from David Duvieusart on Vimeo.

Malou, a little girl with a passion for astronomy, lives in a world without any stars. One evening something does finally appear and it will change her life forever... 
Light up is a short film made by Aveline Stoquart and David Duvieusart, students at the Haute École Albert Jacquard in Namur, Belgium.

charming & clever: 'A Slice of Life' by Terry Border (VIDEO)

Mr. P.B. O'Bread searches for his other half - an animation from Terry Border of Bent Objects.

'This animation was inspired by a photo in my new book ( and it's on the cover, actually)... '

A quick look at Terry Border's second Bent Object book- Bent Object of My Affection; The Twists and Turns of Love. This one is all about relationships:

'What The Water Gave Me' - Florence & The Machine's New SIngle (VIDEO)

Florence and the Machine‘s second album is set to drop in November, and here is the first track called “What the Water Gave Me“. It's available now via her website and iTunes.

It’s a song for the water… Because in music and art what I’m really interested in are the things that are overwhelming. The ocean seems to me to be nature’s great overwhelmer. When I was writing this song I was thinking a lot about all those people who’ve lost their lives in vain attempts to save their loved ones from drowning. It’s about water in all forms and all bodies. It’s about a lot of things; Virginia Woolf creeps into it, and of course Frieda Kahlo, whose painfully beautiful painting gave me the title.

The song is exciting & intense and something of a new direction -- here's to hoping there's more of this on the new album.

Animal Collective - "Lion in a Coma" (VIDEO) - by ori toor

Animal Collective - "Lion in a Coma" from ori toor on Vimeo. My final project at the Shenkar School of Engineering and Design - Illustration department. A stream of consciousness animation for the song "Lion in a Coma" by Animal collective (taken from the awesome "Merriweather Post Pavilion" album). Frame by frame animation in flash

everything is perfect with this: Sufjan Stevens, Bryce Dessner & Nico Muhly feat. New Trombone Collective and strings (VIDEO)

(Sufjan) Stevens, composer Nico Muhly, and the National member Bryce Dessner have been commissioned by the Dutch concert hall Muziekgebouw Eindhoven to write a song cycle for seven trombones and a string quartet. The resulting music will be performed on April 7, 2012 in the venue.

- via Pitchfork

simply remarkable: Metropolis II by Chris Burden (the movie)

- reminds me that soon i'll be in l.a.

A short doc about a kinetic sculpture that took four years to build. We had the honor of spending three days in Chris Burden's studio filming this sculpture before it was moved to the Los Angeles Country Museum of Art (LACMA) where it is being reinstalled.  The installation opens fall 2011.

Chris Burden is one of our favorite artists of all time. For more about him and his work http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Burden
http://www.gagosian.com/artists/chris-burden/

Directed by Henry Joost & Ariel Schulman
Edited by Max Joseph
Cinemtography by Schulman, Joost & Van Neistat
Music by Tortoise (Ten-Day interval) & Mahogany (Windmill International A)

Special Thanks to Zak Cook and everyone at the Burden studio...Tortoise, Mahogany, Jaclyn Slimm & Andrew Prinz.

i luvs this vid: "Staring Out The Window" - Fulton Lights

"Staring Out The Window" - Fulton Lights from Ninian Doff on Vimeo.
Directed and made by Ninian Doff
niniandoff.com
Camera: Adrian Westaway
Arms: David Watson
Crows: Clapham Common
With thanks to Claw Films. clawfilms.com
This song is from Fulton Lights EP "3 Songs" which is available here: itunes.com/​fultonlights/​3songs

yesterday, today and forever...?: Luxuria by C. R. Stecyk III

Luxuria, C. R. Stecyk III from MOCA on Vimeo.
Craig R. Stecyk III
(b. 1950, Santa Monica; lives and works in Ocean Park Heights)

A montage of film and photographic images taken from the artist's archive dating back to 1965. Cinematograpy by the artist, Susanne Melanie Berry, Felipe Lima, Jon Humphries & Greg Hunt. Edited by Lenny Mesina. Sound design by Eddie Kim. Original score by Money Mark.

yesterday's @sepiachord song of the day: 'Brassy" by @gingeribex

- the download is free

most excellent: Eclectic Method - The Apocamix

Eclectic Method - The Apocamix from Eclectic Method on Vimeo.
MP3::::
itunes.apple.com/​us/​album/​apocamix-single/​id440094909
twitter.com/​eclecticmethod

Four-Year-Old Aelita Andre - Prodigy of Color Exhibition in New York City

Without explaining who Aelita was or about her age, her mother showed some examples of her art to the curator of an exhibition she was herself due to take part in – and he was so impressed that he asked to get in touch with the artist so that he could include the work he had been shown! Once the identity of the artist was explained to him, he remained undaunted – the quality of the work proved that it should be included in the exhibition together with that of talented professional artists, regardless of the age of its creator. Since then Aelita has gained prestige throughout the world, and her paintings are held in collections in Europe, Asia and Australia. Britain’s BBC even congratulated her on her second birthday!  - agora art blog

-- aelita is amazing --click agora art blog above to read more about this prodigy of color.

my favorite video of the year (so far) - After The Rapture

Uploaded by TheThinkingAtheist on May 21, 2011

CLAMS CASINO - I'm God (VIDEO)

CLAMS CASINO - I'm God from kohnkepik on Vimeo.
Unofficial, non-profit video. Footage from "Lost in New-York" (Jean Rollin, 1989)

Death Cab For Cutie's "Home Is A Fire," video by Shepard Fairey X Nicholas Harmer

Death Cab for Cutie's "Home is a Fire" from the album Codes And Keys, available May 31, 2011 on Atlantic Records

Video concept by: Shepard Fairey and Nicholas Harmer
Cameras and collaboration: Tarin Anderson, Todd Mazer, Justin Mitchell and Aaron Stewart-Ahn
Additional support: John Lang, Brian Udovich
Edited by: Christopher Hills-Wright

Destino / Salvador Dali - Walt Disney

Destino is a short animated cartoon released in 2003 by The Walt Disney Company. Destino is unique in that its production originally began in 1945, 58 years before its eventual completion. The project was a collaboration between American animator Walt Disney and Spanish painter Salvador Dalí, and features music written by Mexican songwriter Armando Dominguez.

Alex Southam's Music Video for I Break Horses

-- a nice mix of nature, Super 8, timelapse, mixed with band footage

I Break Horses - Hearts from Bella Union on Vimeo.

Rippled- All India Radio (Video)

Over 6 months in the making and almost 3 years on from 'Lucky' their first light painting collaboration Darcy Prendergast and the creative team at OH YEAH WOW have again paired with the beautiful music of ALL INDIA RADIO to bring you their latest music video, 'Rippled'. Painstakingly animated frame by frame, the piece is all shot in camera, by real people, in the real world, using long exposure techniques... We hope you enjoy.

All India Radio- The Silent Surf, OUT NOW at: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-silent-surf/id402035973

Darcy Prendergast and the talented folks at OH YEAH WOW composed this chill, contemplative (and trippy) music video for All India Radio using long exposure light paintings. Serving Suggestion: lights dimmed and headphones on with phasers set to maximum mellow. Enjoy!

most excellent: Symmetry by Everynone (VIDEO)

Symmetry from Everynone on Vimeo.
Made by Everynone
in collaboration with WNYC | Radiolab
everynone.com
radiolab.org

'tis the life: The Edwardian Ball, Los Angeles, 2011

--just testing a flash audio player on the blog

--i can hear this piece working its way into a david lynch film somewhare in the future -- it's a seemingly perfectly written tune:
Singular Acceptance - holly miranda

'the future' of fashion photography: jamie beck's “cinemagraphs”

(via From Me To You)

“Coco takes Manhattan” in Oscar de la Renta

Watching Coco come alive in front of our camera lens was beautiful performance art. She gives you a million moments in such a fearless way and through her talent she made our work greater. Thank you Coco for spending this time with us, you set the bar ridiculously high… and I love it.
oh-so-coco:

THIS IS THE FUTURE

Through my new friends at tumblr headquarters I’ve recently come in contact with a very talented new photographer named Jamie. She and her fiancée create these unique images she calls “cinemagraphs” - more than a photo, but not quite a video.

Mark my words friends, this art form is the way of the future.

Teams vs. Star Slinger - Close To Me (VIDEO)

Teams vs. Star Slinger - Close To Me from Jordan Kim on Vimeo.

Album: Teams vs. Star Slinger
Label: Mexican Summer
Director: Jordan Kim
DP/Props: Brandon Minton
Starring: Jamie Patterson, Michael Wingate
Thanks: Jeffrey Max, Laura Darlington, Jarond Gibbs,
Genevieve Maxwell, Mike Szerszunowicz, Tano Tropia

Goodbye My Lover by ~quartertofour @deviantART

Goodbye My Lover by ~quartertofour @deviantART a photo by Tesla_Girl on Flickr.

remarkable: Touch Wood ad showcases Japan's beauty, mankind's ingenuity (video)

This extremely elaborate three-minute Japanese ad for a cell phone is way more entertaining than it should be. A wooden ball plays Bach’s Cantata 147 in a forest just by rolling down a track designed by Kenjiro Matsuo. No splicing or video magic -this is the actual music played by a contraption that Rube Goldberg or any musician would be proud of.
--via Neatorama

Raygun Gothic Rocket Ship (photo)

Raygun Gothic Rocket Ship a photo by SdosRemedios on Flickr.

Steven dosRemedios shot an amazing Polar Panorama of the Raygun Gothic Rocket Ship sculpture located on the Embarcadero in San Francisco.

Rolling Stone Exclusive: PJ Harvey's 'Hanging In The Wire' Video

--i've enjoyed pj harvey since forever and her new one does not disappoint:

"N.Y.C." (No York City)

“N. Y. C. (No York City)” by Rick Liss is a wonderful six minute film that combines fast motion images of the sights and people of 1980′s New York with humorous sound dubbing and a driving electronic score by Laurie Anderson. Think of it as a time capsule without all the dust.
-Laughing Squid

RIP Dame Elizabeth - you were grand

The Incident at Tower 37 (full version) #WWD

--Tower 37 siphons every drop of water from a once-pristine lake, that is, until the station's steward realizes that it is slowly destroying an entire ecosystem.

The Incident at Tower 37 (2009) is a ten-minute HD animated film, written and directed by Chris Perry and produced within the collaborative animation curriculum at Hampshire College.

--triumphant and tragic at the same time

'You Know What I Mean' from @sxsw hit @cultscultscults

--wonderful new track from Cults -- a band that took SXSW by storm.  watch for more of them soon.

Cults - You Know What I Mean by cultscultscults

ERASERHEAD - Done in 60 seconds. With Clay.

--methinks even david lynch would appreciate this (via lee hardcastle): 

LEVIATHAN the clockwork friend by ~TheOutcast1821

LEVIATHAN the clockwork friend by ~TheOutcast1821 a photo by Tesla_Girl on Flickr.

go - bobby blue (edited official music video)

all vocals by bobby blue
go written by bobby blue
produced by abe seiferth

video written produced and directed by ian cinco
features costumes by sara antoinette martin
http://www.sara-land.net/
starring:
bobby blue as bobbybot
elizabeth webb as sasha

way awesome from @TajBurrowAus: cyclone bianca madness

--i can only imagine:


Taj Burrow and Friends - i surf because short film from Billabong on Vimeo.

check this explosive art: Vhils x Orelha Negra Collaboration video

Vhils x Orelha Negra Collaboration video: portuguese artist Vhils using explosives to create his images --


Credits:

Direction and edition: Vhils aka Alexandre Farto
Photography Director: Vasco Viana
Executive Producer and Additional Post Production: CINEMACTIV
Pyrotechnics: Pirotec
Production Assistance: Leonor Viegas
Help and Support: Alexander Silva, João Vidinha, Jucapinga, ±, Fidel and Fábrica Braço de Prata

this is genius: Julius Von Bismarck's 'Image Fulgurator'

The Image Fulgurator is a device for physically manipulating photographs. It intervenes when a photo is being taken, without the photographer being able to detect anything. The manipulation is only visible on the photo afterwards.

In principle, the Fulgurator can be used anywhere where there is another camera nearby that is being used with a flash. It operates via a kind of reactive flash projection that enables an image to be projected on an object exactly at the moment when someone else is photographing it. The intervention is unobtrusive because it takes only a few milliseconds. Every photo another photographer takes of an object at which the Fulgurator is also aimed is affected by the manipulation. Hence visual information can be smuggled unnoticed into the images of others.

-juliusvonbismarck.com

The Creators Project Meets Julius Von Bismarck from Creators Project on Vimeo.

-- And This Is Wisdom

Man Becoming God to Save Himself ∞ Michael Tsarion

A Journey of Sound & Vision: Miwa Matreyek (VIDEO)

Using animation, projections and her own moving shadow, Miwa Matreyek performs a gorgeous, meditative piece about inner and outer discovery. Take a quiet 10 minutes and dive in. With music from Anna Oxygen, Mirah, Caroline Lufkin and Mileece.

About Miwa Matreyek:
Miwa Matreyek creates performances where real shapes and virtual images trade places, amid layers of animation, video and live bodies

--TED.com

'The External World' - strange & surreal animated short (-cool-)

The External World is an animated short by David O'Reilly, a world that is completely weird and surreal ...




The External World from David OReilly on Vimeo.

the timelessly relevant speech at the end of The Great Dictator -Charlie Chaplin- (VIDEO)

The Limousines - Very Busy People (VIDEO)

The Limousines are a notable American Electropop band based out of California’s San Francisco Bay Area. Made up of multi-instramentalist/producer Giovanni Giusti and songwriter/vocalist Eric Victorino, the duo formed in 2007 and has since gained international notoriety, thanks in part to the release of their singles “Very Busy People” and “Internet Killed the Video Star."

Directed and produced by Mathieu Wothke.

-Design Mash

THE LIMOUSINES from Mathieu Wothke on Vimeo.

I've Seen The Queen (illustration) - i dream of flying cars

I’ve seen the Queen
- illustration by grape frogg

Karaocake - It Doesn't Take a Whole Week (groovy music video)

Video directed and edited by S. Laporte and T. Gagnaire
"It Doesn't Take a Whole Week (7" mix)" written by Camille Chambon - performed by Karaocake - produced by Domotic / taken from the 7" single "It Doesn't Take a Whole Week / High & High" out in april 2010 on Clapping Music / Original version of "It Doesn't Take a Whole Week" appears on Karaocake's debut album "Rows & Stitches" released 2 June 2010

band :
myspace.com/​karaocake

Via vimeo.com/10257009

 Karaocake - It Doesn't Take a Whole Week from Clapping Music on Vimeo.

Times New Viking - No Room to Live (new video)

Times New Viking - No Room to Live from Merge Records on Vimeo.

Directed & Edited by Brandon Reichard and Pelham Johnston.
Produced by TNV and Johnston/Reichard.
Each frame printed from real video, then hand drawn, colored, or decorated and put back together.
Nearly 3,000 individual frames, completed by around 40 artists from Columbus, Ohio and elsewhere.

She & Him - Don't Look Back (NEW VIDEO)

NEW SHE & HIM VIDEO! directed by jeremy konner. choreographed by sophie olson. All our favorite dancers (many from our in the sun video!) and an amazing crew made this video happen! hope you enjoy!

(via  Zooey's Miscellany)

She & Him - Don't Look Back from Merge Records on Vimeo.

Premiere of Best Coast’s “Crazy For You” Video - At The Kitteh Channel

I Can Has Cheezburger is debuting Best Coast’s latest video “Crazy For You”! (Spoiler alert. Video is filled with cyoot kittehs.)

Be sure to enter our Caption Snacks contest to win a pair of concert tickets to see Best Coast and Wavves on their national tour!

(via icanhascheezburger.com)

...i'll never look @ meteors the same way again...(Fallen - VIDEO)

Watch the entire life span of a freshly born meteor as it comes to terms with life, and its inevitable splashy end. This short film is all too bittersweet.
-Meredith @io9

Fallen from Sascha Geddert on Vimeo.

the beautiful intl. language of surf: The Boys From Ponta Preta (short film)

Set on the Cape Verde islands off the western coast of Africa, this short film shows how three young men struggling with the country’s limited opportunities took the tourists’ sport of kitesurfing and made it their own – with one even becoming world champion. Titik, Mitu and Djo explain how they spent their early days skipping school at the beach and learning from the global surf community any way that they could. Now they have set up a surf school that teaches the tourists, and offers hope to others who are stuck in the island’s slums.

Dazed Digital 

Street artists hold laser graffitti protest over commisioned-then-censored public mural

A crew of street and graffiti artists, together with a handful of war veterans, gathered Monday night in the dark, empty parking lot of MOCA's Geffen Contemporary in Little Tokyo to stage a guerrilla protest performance against the museum's director, Jeffrey Deitch.

The MOCA wall has been blank since Deitch had Italian street artist Blu's antiwar mural whitewashed from it in early December. Deitch had commissioned Blu to paint the mural; but after it was completed, Deitch became concerned that its provocative imagery of coffins draped in dollar bills would be offensive to some in the neighborhood...

"All of us political poster artists have been a little outraged," said artist Karen Fiorito. "It shows how corporations and private institutions can control the dialogue in the public forum."

- Los Angeles Times

Downtown LA BLU MOCA Whitewash Protest // 01.03.2011 from jesse trott on Vimeo.

The Tenebrae's Version of Goldfrapp's 'Supernature' Cover

Dark Priotcia on my version of Goldfrapp Supernature cover
- The Tenebrae