Valentine Makhouleen — interactive art director
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This is a scrapbook of ideas. One can hardly call it a blog, but I maintain it to file away thoughts I find interesting, like shiny pebbles.
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Art of Norman McLaren

“Handmade cinema is like watching thought,
if thought could be seen.”

– Norman McLaren

Over the weekend I discovered Norman McLaren (1914 – 1987), an interesting animator known for his groundbreaking experiments of combining and synchronizing animation with music on film. Below you can see a few examples of his animation and sound experiments.

More about the process of pen point percussion:

You can learn more about his life and view more of his work on the National Film Board of Canada site.

September 2010

Beetle’s House

Terunobu Fujimori, Tokyo, Japan – Beetle’s House from Victoria and Albert Museum

August 2010