October 26th, 2011
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Our good buddy and past B/D featured artist Allison Schulnik just released her latest animation titled Mound. Using over 100 puppets, 6,000 frames, and over a 100 days in the making this video is sure to please fans of animation as well as Allison’s signature gooped on thick paintings. Make sure to check out the Beautiful/Decay: Underdogs book which features Allison as the main featured artist complete with wrap around cover! Get your copy of the book here and watch the full video after the jump.

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October 24th, 2011
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Check out this simple yet beautiful animation by Jens Blank about Greenpeace’s efforts to stop illegal fishing practices in the Europe. Watch the full video after the jump!

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October 14th, 2011
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This video by Mr Kaplin & Airside Nippon for Frank Eddie kind of creeps me out. Watch it and let me know what you think after the jump.

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September 26th, 2011
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Over a decade before Lady Gaga thought about wearing bizarre costumes, collaborating with artists, and being a walking sculpture björk was busy creating work that was challenging both to your eyes as well as your ears. It’s great to see that she’s still as quirky as ever in her new video for Moon,complete with  red afro (with a chinstrap) and a harp belt. Watch the full video for Moon after the jump.

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September 21st, 2011
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Tegels is an animation made of a large photographic collection of street tiles. By viewing this collection of photographs as a sequence, different movements and processes become visible within the frame of the tiles. Both music and animation are trying to find a balance between a thought-out arrangement and an arrangement of ‘chance’ deriving directly from the tiles. Watch the full video after the jump.

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September 15th, 2011
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what you see is not what you get in this short surreal film by Russian filmmaker Alexei Popogrebsky. Watch the full film after the jump.

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September 12th, 2011
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Jake Fried takes us through a journey deep into a dense forest of the unknown where mythical beasts appear under nightfall and coded ancient hieroglyphics hold dark secrets. Watch the full video after the jump.

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September 2nd, 2011
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The good folks at Motiongraff visit Kooky NYC illustrator Nicholas Gazin for a stop motion photographic tour of his illustration process. You can also find Nicholas’ work in our current book, Beautiful/Decay: Future Perfect. Watch the full video after the jump!

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