Mark Forscher » art http://markforscher.com Mark Forscher is a designer and musician living in Brooklyn, NY. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:17:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Alexis Gideon Video Musics II: Sun Wu-Kong http://markforscher.com/2010/06/alexis-gideon-video-musics-ii-sun-wu-kong/ http://markforscher.com/2010/06/alexis-gideon-video-musics-ii-sun-wu-kong/#comments Tue, 22 Jun 2010 11:30:11 +0000 mark http://markforscher.com/?p=3409

The follow-up to Alexis’s brilliant animated/claymation Video Musics is coming soon:

“Video Musics II: Sun Wu-Kong” is a one hour multimedia video opera based on the 16th century Chinese novel “The Journey to the West”. The project combines line drawing and watercolor animation as well as stop motion and claymation.

It has musical contributions from Rachel Blumberg (M Ward, Arch Cape), Cory Gray (Norfolk & Western, Carcrashlander), Shelley Short (Hush) as well as visual contributions from Cynthia Star (Coraline, Moral Orel, Robot Chicken), Becca Taylor (Punk Planet, Arthur) and Ezra Claytan Daniels (Darkhorse Comics, Top Shelf Comics).

The DVD/Vinyl release is on Africantape(EU) / Slowtrain(US) scheduled for fall 2010.

]]> http://markforscher.com/2010/06/alexis-gideon-video-musics-ii-sun-wu-kong/feed/ 0 Mia Doi Todd’s “Open Your Heart” Directed by Michel Gondry http://markforscher.com/2010/02/michel-gondry-music-video-mia-doi-todd-open-your-heart/ http://markforscher.com/2010/02/michel-gondry-music-video-mia-doi-todd-open-your-heart/#comments Fri, 12 Feb 2010 02:05:21 +0000 mark http://markforscher.com/?p=2983

Michel Gondry’s newest music video for Mia Doi Todd’s ‘Open Your Heart’. After several years conceptualizing a video involving dozens of dancers wearing bright multi-colored outfits, Michel found a perfect fit with Mia’s tune. The music was produced and arranged by long-time friend and collaborator, Jon Brion and the video features the Riverside Community College Marching Band.

via stephanie whited

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“This one time…” by Nelson Boles

]]> http://markforscher.com/2009/12/this-one-time/feed/ 2 Grizzly Bear – “Ready, Able” Music Video http://markforscher.com/2009/11/grizzly-bear-ready-able-music-video/ http://markforscher.com/2009/11/grizzly-bear-ready-able-music-video/#comments Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:52:02 +0000 mark http://markforscher.com/?p=2245

Grizzly Bear’s new music video, by Allison Schulnik, is one of the greatest things I have ever seen. It’s so beautiful, strange, and haunting..

]]> http://markforscher.com/2009/11/grizzly-bear-ready-able-music-video/feed/ 1 “An Awesome Book!” by Dallas Clayton http://markforscher.com/2009/09/an-awesome-book-by-dallas-clayton/ http://markforscher.com/2009/09/an-awesome-book-by-dallas-clayton/#comments Sat, 26 Sep 2009 12:12:31 +0000 mark http://markforscher.com/?p=2013 Dallas Clayton created “An Awesome Book!” The story is universally appealing and brilliantly illustrated. The way Dallas has promoted the book is also incredibly inspiring:

“With a traditional publisher, you go to stores and you try to read the book to audiences to sell it to them. Since I did this all myself I can do whatever I want. My idea was to read the book to as many kids as I could and for every book that I had already sold I wanted to give one away.”

You can read the whole book here.

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Here’s nymag’s take:

Spectacular, visionary Swedish film unspools as a series of darkly comic vignettes—each taking place in a stylized, pastel-toned diorama-like set—shot with a nearly motionless camera. The resulting visuals are endlessly fascinating without feeling contrived or precious; it’s a fitting backdrop for the film’s ensemble of eccentrics, who put up with annoying everyday situations while tuba-heavy Dixieland jazz bubbles in the background.—nymag

For a hint of the feeling of the film, check out these two scenes:

You, The Living is playing through Tuesday, August 11th at the Film Forum.

]]> http://markforscher.com/2009/08/you-the-living-du-levande/feed/ 2 3 Animations by Johnny Kelly http://markforscher.com/2009/06/3-animations-by-johnny-kelly/ http://markforscher.com/2009/06/3-animations-by-johnny-kelly/#comments Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:10:02 +0000 mark http://markforscher.com/?p=1498 1. The Seed (2009): “a two-minute animated voyage through nature’s life cycle, following the trials and tribulations of a humble apple seed.”

2. Procrastination (2007): “Graduation film for MA in animation at the Royal College of Art. An investigative and exploratory hands–on gloves-off study into the practice of putting things ‘off’. Sometimes the only way to get something done is to do two dozen other things first.”

3. Shelly (2007): “the story of a lobster with a new-found love for music” based on a short story by David O’Doherty.

More Johnny Kelly:
Making of “The Seed”
mickeyandjohnny.com
Johnny Kelly on Flickr
Johnny Kelly on Vimeo

]]> http://markforscher.com/2009/06/3-animations-by-johnny-kelly/feed/ 0 Powers of Scale http://markforscher.com/2009/06/powers-of-scale/ http://markforscher.com/2009/06/powers-of-scale/#comments Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:01:31 +0000 mark http://markforscher.com/?p=1442 “Powers of Katsu” (via ni9e blog) is a clever take on the classic 1977 short documentary “The Powers of 10″ by Charles and Ray Eames for IBM, which was an adaptation of the 1957 book Cosmic View by Kees Boeke.

“Powers of Katsu”:

“The Powers of 10″:

More Powers of Scale:
Universcale by Nikon
Men in Black Power of 10 outro
The Simpsons Power of 10 intro

More Katsu:
Katsu on Flickr

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