Animated Music Shorts: Art and the Musical Score

Music videos – they are classics, art, and cult, all at the same time. Mark Shapiro from Portland presents his personal playlist of films by well-known animation artists. In cooperation with jazzopen Stuttgart we show a selection of the best animated music videos.

The Ballad of Holland Island House (The Ballad of Holland Island House)

Lynn Tomlinson / USA / / 00:05:00 min.

Electrofly (Electrofly)

Natalia C.A. Freitas / Deutschland / 03/2015 / 00:02:45 min.

In a toilet, a small Fly flies around a lamp. Suddenly it gets an electric shock! The Fly lands on the wall and as it touches it, some drawings and advertising posters come to life. The drawings of a curious cat and a chicken begin to run after the fly. Will they get it?

1000 Plateaus (1000 Plateaus)

Steven Woloshen / Kanada / 01.2014 / 00:03:22 min.

Made entirely in the front seat of a car with simple art tools, this short hand-made film celebrates the joy of road maps, travel and jazz music.

Guida (Guida)

Rosana Urbes / Brasilien / / 00:12:00 min.

Futon (Futon)

Yoriko Mizushiri / Japan / 03.2012 / 00:06:03 min.

Wrapped in the futon… Memories are coming up to the mind, the future is imagined, senses are recaptured, physical feelings as a woman are deeply ingrained…Everything melts pleasantly all together. In the futon, the body wonders seeking for these sense…

Luminaris (Luminaris)

Juan Pablo Zaramella / Argentinien / 02.2011 / 00:06:00 min.