Latest movies on ARTPORT Web TV

Arde Lo Que Será

01 01 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Movie Title: Arde Lo Que Será

Movie Language: English

Movie Length:

Movie Synopsis:
A unique look at the problem of global warming.

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Cool Stories II

22 07 2009 15:56:56 +0000

Movie Title: Cool Stories II

Movie Language: Silent

Movie Length: 40:00

Movie Synopsis:
COOL STORIES FOR WHEN THE PLANET GETS HOT II is a compilation of 17 short videos and animations by international artists who won the second short video and animation contest on Global Warming launched by ARTPORT_making waves in spring 2009. The artists used a wide variety of techniques, ranging from footage found on popular websites like Flickr and YouTube, to cartoon-like formats of Asian scroll paintings to animated, hand drawn elements, and experimental filmmaking. The compilation was first shown during Art 40 Basel, at Voltahalle, June 12, 2009. www.artport-project.org

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Dead Horse Bay

14 07 2009 16:59:56 +0000

Movie Title: Dead Horse Bay

Movie Language: English

Movie Length: 3:00

Movie Synopsis:
A video on global warming. A part of ARTPORT's Cool Stories II Project.

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Halt

16 07 2009 16:56:02 +0000

Movie Title: Halt

Movie Language: Silent

Movie Length: 01:06

Movie Synopsis:
A video on global warming. A part of ARTPORT's Cool Stories II Project.

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Human Nature

17 07 2009 12:41:47 +0000

Movie Title: Human Nature

Movie Language: Music

Movie Length: 01:00

Movie Synopsis:
A video on global warming. A part of ARTPORT's Cool Stories II Project.

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Is There No More Spring When the Bees Leave the Flowers?

16 07 2009 17:09:47 +0000

Movie Title: Is There No More Spring When the Bees Leave the Flowers?

Movie Language: Music

Movie Length: 02:55

Movie Synopsis:
A video on global warming. A part of ARTPORT's Cool Stories II Project.

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Just in Case

14 07 2009 17:14:43 +0000

Movie Title: Just in Case

Movie Language: English

Movie Length: 1:00

Movie Synopsis:
How much longer can we ignore the threatening effects of global warming? In this short animation, filmmaker Joshua Frankel gives us a glimpse of the possible disastrous consequences that comes along with refusing to take action against global warming in a witty, humorous way. This animation is part of ARTPORT's Cool Stories II Project.

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La Ilaha Illa'llah

14 07 2009 14:36:16 +0000

Movie Title: La Ilaha Illa'llah

Movie Language: English

Movie Length: 02:16

Movie Synopsis:
A video on global warming. A part of ARTPORT's Cool Stories II Project.

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Methane

14 07 2009 10:23:14 +0000

Movie Title: Methane

Movie Language: Music

Movie Length: 02:04

Movie Synopsis:
A video on global warming. A part of ARTPORT's Cool Stories II Project.

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Metropolis

14 07 2009 15:44:45 +0000

Movie Title: Metropolis

Movie Language: English

Movie Length: 09:29

Movie Synopsis:
Metropolis is a quirky and very abridged narrative history of the city of Charlotte, North Carolina. It uses stop motion video animation to physically manipulate aerial still images of the city (both real and fictional), creating a landscape in constant motion. Starting around 1755 on a Native American trading path, the viewer is presented with the building of the first house in Charlotte. From there we see the town develop through the historic dismissal of the English, to the prosperity made by the discovery of gold and the subsequent roots of the building of the multitude of churches that the city is famous for. Now the landscape turns white with cotton, and the modern city is ‘born’, with a more detailed re-creation of the economic boom and surprising architectural transformation that has occurred in the past 20 years Charlotte is one of the fastest growing cities in the country, primarily due to the continuing influx of the banking community, resulting in an unusually fast architectural and population expansion that shows no sign of faltering despite the current economic climate. However, this new downtown Metropolis is therefore subject to the whim of the market and the interest of the giant corporations that choose to do business there. Made entirely from images printed on paper, the animation literally represents this sped up urban planners dream, but suggests the frailty of that dream, however concrete it may feel on the ground today. Ultimately the video continues the city development into an imagined hubristic future, of more and more skyscrapers and sports arenas and into a bleak environmental future. It is an extreme representation of the already serious water shortages that face many expanding American cities today; but this is less a warning, as much as a statement of our paper thin significance no matter how many monuments of steel, glass and concrete we build.

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