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DN180: Horses – Liz Mermin

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Penguins aside, it’s rare to see a documentary that solely focuses on the experiences of non-human protagonists. In her feature Horses, Liz Mermin spent a year documenting the lives of three Irish racehorses, with the potential to be stars of the National Hunt racing circuit. Liz joins us to [...]

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  • Röyksopp are another one of those bands who seem to hold the music video in high esteem and always put a lot of thought and effort into the visuals that accompany their music. From the endless image loops of Eple, the sad narrative of Poor Leno and the instruction manual stylings of Remind Me, I honestly can't think of a bad Röyksopp video. With their latest effort The Drug they may have put out their best video yet. Set in what appears to be a post-apocalyptic world, 3 retro styled young girls explore the ravaged landscapes, encountering victims of the unknown disaster along the way. #
  • DN fave Robert Seidel is back with another piece of mind blowing experimental animation, this time commissioned for the Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei, Taiwan. From Robert's site: Chirality is a scientific term describing a structure that is not identical to its mirror image. Chiral collects cinematic etudes, which develop various conceptual approaches in order to expand the two-dimensional image into space. They are projected onto a sculpture (510 x 260 x 370 cm) and a screen (250 x 200 cm) made from handmade Taiwanese paper and develop very different lives on these configurations of the same material. chiral | documentation projection & paper sculpture | MOCA Taipei 2010 from Robert Seidel on Vimeo. #
  • A stunning wardrobe and subtle FXs steal the show in this haunting music video directed by Alex Takacs and Joe Nankin (aka Young Replicant). A wounded soldier stumbling through the forest is happened upon by two spirit like creatures, but are they trying to save the warrior, or steal his soul? Lovely Bloodflow from BATHS on Vimeo. #
  • You should know that if you ask Harmony Korine to shoot a film for you, you're likely to get what he wants to give as opposed to something you dictate. It seems the folks over at New York label Proenza Schouler where not only aware of that fact, but embraced it wholeheartedly when they gave Korine free reign to create fashion short Act da Fool. I'm a massive fan of Korine's work and as Act da Fool feels like a blend of the VHS aesthetic of Trash Humpers, meets the vignette narrative style of Gummo, I for one would love to see him kick out more collaborations in the future. #
  • Sometimes the shortest shorts can be the most surprising Animated Short no.1 from Yum Yum London on Vimeo. #

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