Animator. Director. Artist. Scapegoat.
I am hereby changing Sita Sings the Blues‘ CC-BY-SA (Share Alike) license to CC-0. A few years ago I started thinking about taking a vow of non-violence: a commitment to never sue anyone over Knowledge (or Culture, Cultural Works, Art, Intellectual Pooperty, whatever you call it). Copyright law is hopelessly broken; indeed, the Law in … Continue reading “Ahimsa: Sita Sings the Blues now CC-0 “Public Domain””
I envisioned This Land Is Mine as the last scene of my potential-possible-maybe- feature film, Seder-Masochism, but it’s the first (and so far only) scene I’ve animated. As the Bible says, “So the last will be first, and the first will be last.” This Land Is Mine from Nina Paley on Vimeo. Who’s Killing Who? A … Continue reading “This Land Is Mine”
Here’s our pal the Angel of Death, hero of the Old Testament, doing what He does best in a scene I’m working on. It’s been slow going working on Seder-Masocochism. In fact I’ve hardly worked on it at all. Instead I’ve been shuttling between New York and Urbana, IL, attending Ebertfest, hanging out with my … Continue reading “work-in-progress”
My latest quilt is Capital-A Art. Know why? It’s white on white It depicts a nude It is on canvas stretchers Ladies and gentlemen, I unveil the fourth and final installment of my 4 Elements quilt series: Air/Nude! 77″ x 23″ (yielding a life-size figure), unbleached cotton muslin, cotton batting, polyester thread. She counts as … Continue reading “This is ART, bitches!”
Today I viewed a small art quilt show. Many of the quilts were quite beautiful. Still, it took my friend and I less than half an hour to view everything, on two floors. We spent no more than a few minutes contemplating each one, lingering longest on the ones we liked most, less on the … Continue reading “Attention Economics”
I finally finished and hung tapestry #2 in my “4 Elements” series: Water. This one wasn’t nearly the joy to make that the first one, “Earth,” was. In fact it was so fraught with anxiety, errors, and frustrations, it inspired today’s Mimi & Eunice cartoon: I’m glad it’s done now. Here’s some of the insanity … Continue reading ““Water,” or Art Is Stupid”