Lascaux caves: image of aurochs

Could the paleolithic men and women who created these rock wall paintings have been the prehistoric ancestors of current animation artists?

YouTube Play.

Since 2005 YouTube has given us a prime venue for quick and dirty moving images. And now the powers that be in the art world are trying to grade that production.

The result is the first YouTube-Guggenehim joint exhibition, YouTube Play, an effort to pick the best of the 2 billion videos being screened daily on YouTube.

Who selected and juried the 23,358 submissions?

A still from the short film Deuce

So you wanna watch movies, eh? (Is my Canadian accent showing?) Well, pull up your potato chips and have a sit down...

Cover image of Tricky Women - Women in Animation

A compilation of essays on women in animation, Tricky Women: Women In Animation is a very welcome addition to current critical writing on the subject.

Illustration from Directing the Story by Francis Glebas

So you’ve got an idea for a first film... Where do you go from here?

Still image from The Main Complaint by William Kentridge. (Image courtesy of "Duckrabbit Speaks.) 

A grand show of early animation and current work by South African artist William Kentridge.

A still from Dancing Cats - Go Kitty Go!. Courtesy of YouTube.

jb: Are you suggesting that "art" cannot be appreciated as such by the masses that flock to YouYube to get their fix of dancing cats? 

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There's been a lot of response to my last article. This really interesting challenge just arrived in my inbox. In fact, it’s so strong that I’m publishing it in full.

Newly released documentary film !Women Art Revolution

A new film and a new book – women in art, women in animation

Capturing clean sound

Ric Viers not only creates vast libraries of sound effects, he also shares his knowledge with anyone who wants to create their own sounds.