The Art of the Title Sequence Website

Barbarella (Roger Vadim, 1968)

Thanks to the ever-trusty Guardian Guide Internet Review this weekend, Film Studies For Free found out more about a great website devoted to explorations of the beginnings of films: The Art of the Title Sequence. Its a beautifully illustrated site, discussing and streaming an abundance of examples of this Art, from the famously daring-but-coy zero gravity credits from Barbarella through to the brilliant opening to Nina Paleys remarkable animated film Sita Sings the Blues (2008 - see the entire film from Paleys website, or the Internet Archive, for free; a video interview with Paley is HERE).

The Art of the Title Sequence is highly recommended. Below are some links to highlights from the website.

Feature articles:

• Fetishistic Advocacy for Speed in Titles
• [Richard] Morrison on Morrison
• Tension in Title Sequences
• Alien Quadrilogy Analysis

Interviews:

• Matteo Manzini on Chéri
• Jim Capobianco and Alexander Woo on WALL·E
• Edd Kargin on Novaya Zemlya
• David Daniels on Freaked
• Kyle Cooper on The Incredible Hulk
• Garson Yu on Hulk
• Zephyr on Wild Style
• Howard Nourmand on The Dog Problem
• Nina Paley on Sita Sings the Blues
• Stephane Coedel on The Amazing Adventures of Kid Cole & Klay
• Stefan Bucher on The Fall
  

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Small Art Pen Pal Swap

I am participating in Journal Girls Small Art Pen-Pal Swap. I shared my art a few days ago, and now I get to share what I received!

I was so excited today when a package arrived from my Small Art Pen-Pal, Caatje.

I loved the artwork!

And all the goodies too!

Thank you Samantha for organizing the swap, and thank you Caatjie for your thoughtful art and goodies!

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Small Art Pen Pal Swap

I am participating in Journal Girls Small Art Pen-Pal Swap. I shared a sneak peak previously, but now that my pen-pal should have received her package, I will show the completed art work. I had a lot of fun working on this!

I used the definitions of each of the words (secret, small, art, pen, pal, swap, artist) as my focal images. Each small card has an inspirational letter inscribed on the back, and all of the cards are enclosed in a small hand-folded book.























Here are some pictures of myself mailing the package:

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Art Journal Vol IV Spread 19 — Listening to my body

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Art Journal Round Robin The End

In May of 2010 I joined my first round robin, hosted by the lovely Erin Kenepp. Myself and Erin, as well as 10 other lovely ladies (Ophelia, Paula, Cristi, Kathy, Carin, Elena, Ann, Emily, Lisa and Susie) were part of a wondrous art-making collaboration. I have felt so blessed to be on this journey with them. Over the course of the last several months, several of the ladies had to drop out... life sometimes gets in the way of art. And this month, it was decided that the round robin would come to an end. last week I received my journal back, and have yet to truly soak in all the magic that it holds.

I am going to warn you now, that this post has LOTS of images... so here it goes:

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