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Charade: Lessons in Creative Vision from a 1984 College Student
Charade: Lessons in Creative Vision from a 1984 College Student

What Goethe has to do with pioneering animation.

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Jerry’s Map: 2,000 Panels of Cartographic Imagination
Jerry’s Map: 2,000 Panels of Cartographic Imagination

Inside the mind of a musser, or what crude maps of the imagination have to do with the seven of diamonds.

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Blok: Playful, Voyeuristic Vintage Polish Experimental Animation
Blok: Playful, Voyeuristic Vintage Polish Experimental Animation

A whimsical cinematic children’s book for grown-ups.

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Human Brain: Extraordinary 48-Dancer Trailer for TEDxAmsterdam
Human Brain: Extraordinary 48-Dancer Trailer for TEDxAmsterdam

Human bodies + human brains = human nature.

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Bundled, Buried & Behind Closed Doors: The Physical Underbelly of the Internet
Bundled, Buried & Behind Closed Doors: The Physical Underbelly of the Internet

An anatomical tour of the Internet by way of 60 Hudson Street, a nondescript epicenter of global data traffic.

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Destino: A Salvador Dalí + Walt Disney Collaboration Circa 1945
Destino: A Salvador Dalí + Walt Disney Collaboration Circa 1945

‘A magical display of the problem of life in the labyrinth of time.’

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Choosing to Die: Sir Terry Pratchett Comes to Terms with His Death
Choosing to Die: Sir Terry Pratchett Comes to Terms with His Death

Befriending the Grim Reaper, or what Swiss sunshine has to do with the ultimate personal freedom.

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Celestial Navigations: 5 Conceptual Vintage Science Films by Al Jarnow
Celestial Navigations: 5 Conceptual Vintage Science Films by Al Jarnow

Education meets entertainment in experimental animation, or what Big Bird has to do with the dawn of computing.

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The Holstee LifeCycle Film: Visual Poetry for Bike-Lovers and Creators
The Holstee LifeCycle Film: Visual Poetry for Bike-Lovers and Creators

“Life is about the people you meet and the things you create with them.”

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A Manifesto for the Spirit of Journalism circa 1940
A Manifesto for the Spirit of Journalism circa 1940

Recentering lessons in idealism for journalism 2.0 from the golden age of journalism 1.0.

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