Paperwicket: Indie Animated Shorts for Independent Animated Short Ppl

Whereas every television on earth seems to be spooling images of carnage and catastrophe, I became conscious of all those with little children. I have memories of seeing Johannesburg riots on television when I was little, and it fueled my nightmares for years to come.

So I started PAPERWICKET, a Tumblr of mostly construction paper animation culled from the best of Vimeo.

These look great on an IPad and can be viewed in the car even, on an iPhone in little hands.

Nothin' but the 'toons made by artists with no particular commercial or political agenda in mind. Some are rock music videos; some are student projects from animation classes. More to come.

My criteria for selection? To be included, films must celebrate the human imagination, and must not offer stupid idiotic aggression and cheap po-mo existential angsty-pants paranoia. Must not be tied into some Orwellian corporate lockstep of the obedient purchase of little plastic objects that end up in landfills. Suggestions for more additions to Paperwicket are welcome.

Here's are samples: "Bubblegum" and "Cellegratonia"



Clinic- Bubblegum from trunk animation on Vimeo.

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Cellegratonia from NEWWORDS on Vimeo.