Art
A Random Matt Chin Short: The Scissors
Matt Chin gets a new paper shredder and was giving up cutting by hand using a pair of scissors. After experiencing the neglect, the dejected scissors walked up to the window sill and attempted to throw itself into the garbage can, only to be saved by its own. This is quite funny and brilliant.
Art Videos
Spiders on Drugs
In this comedy and commentary on the effects of drugs, the web-building behavior of wood spiders on a variety of psycho-active drugs, such as alcohol, crack cocaine, LSD, caffeine, TSD, and more. The different chemicals were applied with a cotton swab on the legs of the spider and then observed their effect on web-building. Narrated by a male, this film is presented as a documentary of scientific research.
The Life and Death of a Pumpkin
Awarded the Best Short Film and Best Concept, 2006, Chicago Horror Film Festival, October, this film portrays the feelings and pain of a pumpkin, from the perpective of a pumpkin. The film traces the idyllic life of a pumpkin growing in the fields, to being harvest, being cut and carve and ultimately left to die.
Urban Curators
What is art? What is beauty? What is worthy of attention? RISD students calling themselves the Urban Curators goes out into urban Providence with museum style frames equipped with double-stick tape. They stick them on sides of buildings, holding up to each other, fences, and decayed, painted surfaces. By calling attention to the mundane, the overlooked, they elevate them to a high place. What is low art? What is high art? They deliberately blurred these distinctions.
13,000 Pick Up
Using 13,000 pieces of plastic units in various colors, red, orange, yellow, white, green, and black, towers are build over time. Watch their assembly from the parts into structures then their fall and destruction at the end. It's a commentary on the cycle of life. Interesting concept.
Antartica Time Lapse: A Year on Ice
Time past does not come back. It's enchanting watching the changing seasons in Antartica, the changing colors from cool to warm to cool. The barren landscapes are breathtaking. As day becomes night and becomes day again, living organisms grow, mature, and die. Over time, with movement, everything comes alive, including inanimate objects.
Time Lapse: Amaryllis
Growth is a beautiful thing. The mystery and wonder of life is captured in this time lapse video. Recorded with a webcam for a month, watch the Amaryllis flower blossom into a pretty red flower in someone's living room within seconds. The music is by Liz Phair, "Flower."
The Urban Aesthetic: Video Art of an Urban Landscape
Man-made structures have a beauty of their own. This video explores the urban landscape traveling from the center of San Francisco to the outskirts of West Oakland. Starting from a bart station, skyscrapers are contrasted with birds on the ground, people walking, waiting at the bus stop. Good editing. Interesting visuals.
Breast Cancer Art Project by Toby Jones
After Toby Jones' mother died of breast cancer, he turned to art for ways of dealing with his loss. He started working making casts of women's breast to create the indestructible breasts. He met a lot of cancer survivors through the process. What comes out of this process is some amazing work. He discovers his own strength through art.