frame by frame

I stumbled upon this video and fell in love. It is so simple, but the music pairs so well with the images and there is something about hand drawn animations that I really love. It reminded me of a video I saw at the Venice Bienalle last summer by Francis Alys. He filled a room full of the individual cells from the animation. The video is not the best quality, but it gives you an idea.



The juxtaposition of the lyric with the different postures of shoe shining is brilliant. In person, the subtleties of the animations were great. You can see in the gallery that each drawing is rather detailed. It's done on a translucent paper so it smudges easily, but to nice effect. A very feel good piece.





Images from Design Boom

I wish I could post my own photos from the Bieanale here, but my camera was long out of service by that point.