Surfing Rincon

Here's a lovely and creative animated video from artist/photographer/surfer Maddie Joyce (of The Magic Bus Collective), paying homage to some of her friends who are Rincon locals. For those of you that don't surf, Rincon is a legendary SoCal surf spot located where Santa Barbara and Ventura county meet, listed at #24 in Rod Sumpter's book, "100 Best Surf Spots in the......read more

Scarlett Hooft Graafland's Magic Realism

In the Netherlands, where Scarlett Hooft Graafland grew up, every inch of land is either urbanized or cultivated; there is no "natural" landscape left. That may help explain her fascination with wild, unforgiving landscapes, where she travels to shoot her signature surreal photos that explore the fertile area where the manmade and the natural intersect. From......read more

The Water Tank Project

Environmental nonprofit Word Above the Street is organizing a mass public art project to promote sustainability and raise awareness of water issues. In spring 2013, several hundred of New York City's ubiquitous water towers will be adorned with designs created by a bevy of big name artists, including Ed Ruscha, Thom Yorke and Jay-Z. The exhibition in the sky is appropriately called......read more

George Boorujy's Ridiculously Detailed Nature Paintings

In his intricatel ink-on-canvas works, Brooklyn artist George Boorujy uses a trained naturalist’s eye to depict iconic North American animals and landscapes, presenting a vision of life on the continent that is at once foreign and familiar. Focusing on the natural world is something that comes, er, natural to him. "I always drew animals, like most kids," he says, "but I......read more

Full Circle

This vertigo-inducing experimental short is a promo piece for Klezinski, a sustainable fashion label based in London and Melbourne. Shot by Aussie artist Callum Cooper using his own DIY custom camera rig, "Full Circle" brings a dizzying new perspective to jumping rope, which we never knew could look so trippy. With some excellent sound design work by John Kassab, this is one of the more......read more

Hey Rosetta, "New Sum (Nous Somme)"

Harkening the Richard Linklater film Waking Life, this new(ish) rotoscoping video for "New Sum (Nous Sommes)" by Hey Rosetta! is a nice little bit of live action animation. Directed by Jesse Davidge and produced at Blatant Studios in Vancouver, the clip features performance footage mainly filmed at the band's sold out show at the Commodore Ballroom late last year. Interwoven in the narrative is a......read more

Gregory Thielker: Under the Unminding Sky

From the files of "I can't believe those aren't photos" come these sensational paintings by American artist Gregory Thielker. The series, Under the unminding sky, depicts rainy days viewed from inside a car, and they're so realistic that you can almost feel the wet. "My most recent paintings and drawings explore the sensation of seeing from a car while driving through the rain," Thielker says.......read more

Royksopp, "So Easy" (Unofficial)

Bergen, Norway's Royksopp is no stranger to creative animation -- see here and here -- so we're guessing the duo would be okay with Emmanuelle Walker’s unofficial visual interpretation for their 2001 hit "So Easy." A talented artist in her own right, Emmanuelle pulled no punches in creating the surreal animation, in which an elegant cartoon lady dances through blossoming flowers against a......read more