SiCAF sand cartoon

November 4, 2003 11:45 AM

A neato sand "cartoon" (.wmv). It's a video clip from the 2003 SiCAF. The file is a bit large, but hang in there.
posted by Witty (15 comments total)

That's quite stunning. Rolf Harris eat your heart out!
posted by viama at 12:10 PM on November 4, 2003

That was very calming, almost therapeutic... best. 10 minute movie break. ever.
posted by patgas at 12:14 PM on November 4, 2003

Reminiscent of Joan Gratz's flowing clay-painting animation work, in a sandy sort of way.
posted by bz at 12:28 PM on November 4, 2003

That guy is a master! Great link!
posted by wsg at 12:32 PM on November 4, 2003

i dig it. but then... i would.
posted by grabbingsand at 1:06 PM on November 4, 2003 [1 favorite]

heh. yes, you would.
posted by Tryptophan-5ht at 3:09 PM on November 4, 2003

great great link
posted by cmicali at 3:38 PM on November 4, 2003

Agreed. This was amazing. Not just how precisely he could do it, but that he was so wiling to continually destroy what he had just done.
posted by kindall at 3:43 PM on November 4, 2003

Very nifty, mesmerizing. Made me sleepy.
posted by lobakgo at 3:58 PM on November 4, 2003

[great link]
posted by seanyboy at 4:17 PM on November 4, 2003

Most, most cool. Even asked the wife over to see it, and she thanked me afterwards (which is rare and unusual, trust me)...

Saved it too...
posted by Samizdata at 7:52 PM on November 4, 2003

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posted by The God Complex at 9:19 PM on November 4, 2003

Absolutely extraordinary. But I could have done without the nincompoops in the audience trying to take flash pictures of the screen all through it. When will people get it through their heads; not only is flash photography in a theatre profoundly disruptive to everyone else, but it doesn't work. You just get a white screen. If you want to take a picture of something that's being projected in a dark room, at the very least you have to turn off the flash.
posted by George_Spiggott at 9:29 PM on November 4, 2003

bz - I saw Joan Gratz's "Mona Lisa Descending a Staircase" about ten years ago and have been trying to track it down ever since. Does anyone here happen to know if it's available (online or elsewhere)?
posted by Songdog at 6:44 AM on November 5, 2003

I could not get this to play under OS X 10.3 using Windows Media Player for the Mac. The sound comes through clear but there's no video. Any ideas?
posted by Qubit at 7:28 AM on November 5, 2003