Synopsis
In a remote desert town in Australia, population two, a couple manages an emergency airport and keeps vacant cottages in pristine condition, waiting for visitors who never seem to arrive.
Directed & Edited by Yannick Jamey
Produced & Shot by Lucy Pijnenburg & Yannick Jamey
Music by Ernst Reijseger
Featured on Short Of The Week
© Yannick Jamey 2024
November 4, 2024
Animation
Film
Grace Ebert
Given that mosaic typically requires a cement base to secure the individual fragments, it’s unusual to find the medium in stop-motion animation, a technique requiring that components move a microscopic distance in each frame.
But during a 10-day residency in Tarusa, Russia, a group of artists working with the collaborative Invisible Friends decided to try their hands at the unconventional approach. The result? “The sky has no edge,” a poetic narrative about looking up that’s crafted almost entirely from mosaic.
Conceived in five days and filmed in the same amount of time, the dreamlike animation flows through a patchwork of scenes devised by individual artists, all of which are then stitched together. […]
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Are we in the midst of World War III? What’s the role of fiction in human evolution? Why do we tend to overconsume food?
Big or small, every detail in our behavior can be explained by looking at the past, from dietary choices to how we’ve used stories to advance. But if progress is narrative-driven, what comes next?
In Yuval’s extended Brief But Spectacular take (@YuvalNoahHarari) he speaks on humanity’s superpower, the paradox of wisdom and the relationship between government and war.
00:00 Intro
00:26 Common behaviors explained
02:05 Writing for children
03:44 Humanity’s superpower
06:55 The paradox of wisdom
08:00 Artificial intelligence
09:37 World War III
(This episode was filmed in March 2024)
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Brief But Spectacular is an Emmy-nominated interview series that airs weekly on PBS NewsHour. These short-form episodes present an in-depth look at a variety of compelling guests and ideas. Since 2015, the series has profiled over 300 subjects on a variety of topics, such as the healthcare crisis, immigration, mass incarceration, systemic racism, and mental illness.
These powerful narratives put personal faces on complex issues and provide a window into the human condition. The intention of the series is to elicit empathy from the viewer by presenting original voices on universal subjects and inviting the audience to walk in someone else’s shoes.
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