Green Economy and Sustainable Development

I was approached by Stinging Hornet Films to create some animations for use in a documentary about the green economy commissioned by UNRISD. You can view the film here.

Inspiring Animation

I've seen a lot of amazing animation over the past few days which I thought I'd share.



This is a sand animation by Caroline Leaf which is featured in the Watch me Move exhibition at the Barbican gallery. It's astonishing to think that this was entirely created by drawing with sand on a lightbox. The exhibition is beautifully designed and well worth a visit.



There is a lot of interesting things happening at the folly for a flyover in Hackney Wick over the summer. This weird and wonderful animation The Centaurs' (1921) by Winsor McCay was shown alongside a selection of other early animations.

And finally I watched Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 1 recently and was really impressed by the beautiful animation sequence of the The Tale of the Three Brothers. The animation was directed by Ben Hibon who produced it in association with framestore. Check it out for yourself here

Some pictures from the private view

Thanks to all that came along last Monday. It was a really fun evening. The exhibition continues at the Medcalf until 20 August.

INSIDE A BUBBLE exhibition

I'm taking part an exhibition - INSIDE A BUBBLE with Liz Miller, Howard Miller and Welmoet Wartena at the Medcalf Gallery from now until 21 August. The private view is on Monday 4 July, 6.00 - 9.00 pm so do drop in and say hello if you're in the area.

Here is a little bit about the exhibition:
In a transient and turbulent world, we try to create order out of the chaos by constructing our own individual realities. In this exhibition, three visual narratives explore the coping mechanisms and behavioural patterns of people sensitive to their current surroundings. Ideas about isolation, reconstruction and adaption within these constructed environments are expressed in the work.

Open City - Festival Programme

This is the last OPEN CITY related post as the job is finally finished! Here are some pictures of the festival programme I designed which listed details of the 140 films on show. There were 8 strands to the festival - City Scope, Crime & Punishment, World Visions, Science Fictions, Still Lives, Field & Factory, Exhibition Format and Obsessions. I created an illustration to accompany each of the strands.

Open City animation by Craig Murray

THE LONDON DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL IDENT (2011) from Craig Murray on Vimeo.

My illustrations for the Open City Documentary have been brought to life by the animator Craig Murray. I think the hand-made, cut out quality of the animation fit very nicely with the illustrations. Amazingly, he made the whole thing using an A4 scanner!

Open City Documentary Festival at large in London