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Flip book animation is probably the most primitive and basic technique for bringing life to a drawing. Donato Sansone, an Italian animator and filmmaker, has recently released Videogioco, or video game in Italian. In this animation, Donato uses slick finger action combined w 2D drawings on a large assembly of flips. The camera feels very … Continue reading
For some weeks ago, a good friend of mine sent me a link to Mooweex, a site where works from the new generation of Iranian filmmakers are published. Among what I have seen there, The Morning Ceremony is miles ahead of the other short films. The film starts with a short sequence of Tehran, the … Continue reading
Looking for inspiration I have met people who are constantly in search for inspiration. Inspiration somewhere else. Somewhere else they live, somewhere else they work and somewhere else they create. I have met authors who have travelled to distanced destinations to shut off themselves from the outside world, to write in silence and harmony. I … Continue reading
My mom had already arranged everything. She had bought tickets for us both to fly from Shiraz to Tehran, she had arranged with my cousin and his wife so that we could stay at their place in Tehran, and she had made a preliminary appointment to visit Parviz Kalantari, one of Iran’s most outstanding contemporary … Continue reading
Tomorrow, I will be going to Iran for 10 days. I hope when coming back, being able to tell about what’s happening there on the area of contemporary art. For now, check up this interesting documentary. Director: Fergus Meiklejohn
Graffiti has always been a subject for discussion. For many people, thoughts and feelings have many times been flung from wrong to right, from indulgence to challenge, from dirt to beauty, and from scribble to art. Most of the works we see on the streets, on the walls, on the cars, on the street doors have never had anything … Continue reading
“It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child” – Pablo Picasso As a child, Picasso followed the footsteps of his father as a painter. He used pencils, oil, and whatever he could find in father’s studio to experiment with. At the age of 16, he painted Science at charité … Continue reading
Contemporary Art and Beyond ... 