Niagara’s latest video for ‘Else’ is a mix of two of my loves, digital art + experimental pop. The video features a sick heavy synth track + many different special effects created by over twenty animators, resulting in an intense experience. With special effects including something as mundane as brushing your teeth celebrated in vibrant […]
Kelela’s Video For
Check out Kelela‘s video for ‘A Message’, the new track off her forthcoming EP ‘Hallucinogen’. Directed by Daniel Sannwald, Kelela’s sexy + smooth vocals take us through intoxication + longing, leading to desire, made up of colorful swirls that swallow the artist, turning her into an animated version of herself. A killer collaboration with producer Arca, here’s […]
Jonathan Turner’s ‘Dark Matter’ Plays With Light + The Color Black
‘Dark Matter’, Jonathan Turner‘ digital film homage to painter Pierre Soulages, you get to experience how the famous artist’s all black paintings play with light. By using only black paint (below), according to NOWNESS, the oft-namedropped nonagenarian artist manipulates the spectrum of light bouncing off the surfaces of his works, in turn conceiving a new shade of his own, […]
For #FlashbackFriday, get lost in ‘Spherikal’ by Ion Lucin, which explores the extensive graphical possibilities of a sphere’s form. In this short animation, all done in 3D, Lucin was more interested in the graphical interest by flattening the surfaces, + the use of only two colors, as that’s all you really need to get the point across. […]
With it’s dope beat, Diplo’s video for ’Dat A Freak’ featuring Swick, TT The Artist + Lewis Cancut is just perfect to look + listen to while getting ready + pre-gaming before heading out tonight. Directed by Maxime Bruneel, it comes complete with the many big booties that make up part of Diplo’s universe. Full of color + energy, you […]
Tavi Gevinson x Minna Gilligan on Nowness.com Wake up with the visual one on one between ROOKIE‘s Tavi Gevinson + Illustrator Minna Gilligan‘s, for the fifth printed issue of ‘Printed Pages’, from the totes amaze online platform, ‘It’s Nice That’. In 2010, Tavi herself created ROOKIE, the teen-focused online zine, now with a second issue of it’s […]
Soko: Love Letter on Nowness.com Get in the mood for love with the cool animated short by Aaron Rose for MOCAtv featuring the late artist Niki De Saint Phalle’s drawings on desire from her 1988 book, ‘My Love, Where Shall We Make Love?’. By pairing these seductively inviting drawings with Soko’s moody + sexy yet sultry ‘Love Letter’, a […]
For #FlashbackFriday, if you can’t get enough of the flawless Kate Moss, here’s fashion film ‘Everglade’, shot by Inez van Lamsweerde + Vinoodh Matadin (Inez + Vinoodh), starring Moss + a few animated friends. What’s special about this flick is it’s interesting approach to shooting behind-the-scenes, in this case, the set of the Fall 2010 Balmain campaign. […]