Erodium Thunk

Erodium Thunk is a 2018 Canadian collage animated short by Winston Hacking, who is known for making music videos for such artists as Flying Lotus, Washed Out and Animal Collective.[1][2][3]

Synopsis

Named after the 1956 Michael Snow film A to Z, a barrage of hyperlinked TV commercials and magazine ads (with doses of nostalgia and satire) that's also a comedic social commentary on late consumer capitalism.[4][5]

Accolades

At the 2019 Ottawa International Animation Festival, the film won two awards - one in the Best Technique category for "its intelligent arrangement of source material and fascinating transitions" and the latter in the Non-Narrative Animation category[6] stating that:[7]

"with its compelling balance of control and chance, this ever-morphing collage just kept surprising us".

See also

  • Vaporwave
  • Criticism of capitalism
  • Independent animation

References

  1. ^ Know Your Indie Filmmaker: Winston Hacking|Cartoon Brew
  2. ^ Earmarked for Collision - Google Books (ch. "WINSTON HACKING (CANADA)")
  3. ^ Winston Hacking's collages turn old ads into psychedelic fever dreams|CBC Arts
  4. ^ Binocular Briefs - Spotlight on Collage|Animation World Network
  5. ^ SATURDAY SHORT: ERODIUM THUNK (2018)|366 Weird Movies
  6. ^ First-time Ottawa artist honoured by animation festival - ARTSFILE
  7. ^ On Gaku: Our Sound, Don't Know What, The Physics of Sorrow Win 2019 Ottawa Prizes|Zippy Frames

External links

  • Erodium Thunk on Hacking's official YouTube channel
  • Official website
  • Erodium Thunk at IMDb