Spirits Dancing Blog

(My favourite so far: Steve Gillmor. Makes me wonder if he sometimes watches Sesame Street with his daughters.)
Despite my own mixed feelings, I’m expecting Loren Feldman’s Shel Israel parody to become the hottest puppet video show around while it lasts. Feldman has caused mischief and grief by taking the piss, and nicking the real […]

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I’m not usually especially affected by multiple-celebrity-cause videos, but this one knocked me for six this morning. It’s a mashup of Kevin Rudd’s apology to the stolen generations and the iconic Kev Carmody/Paul Kelly song From Little Things Big Things Grow, devised by GetUp’s Brett Solomon and inspired by the Will.I.Am video made in support […]

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It sure was a happy night last night - after all the nail biting of the last few days and the start of the count last night, the John Howard era has come to an end!
Shan sent me his last election puppetry video, Howard’s Way, yesterday, but I must admit it felt too much like […]

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Shan Jayaweera’s John Howard has been pressing the flesh in Melbourne. I love this, especially where he describes himself as the Mick Jagger of Australian politics! Jemila McEwan made the puppet.
Previously:

Search for a scapegoat
Once Upon a Coffee Cup

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This guy explains it well.
(via Mary Robinette Kowal)

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This is a snippet of the sizzling action in Philip Millar’s Puppetvison show Tyrannosaurous Sex sex which is on at the Northcote Fringe Festival until 13 October, as part of the Melbourne Fringe Festival. I’ve seen this - its terrific! Puppetvision is also presenting Tadpole and Pure Puppet Palava, which means you have a good […]

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I’m taken with this lovely leaf logo which belongs to a new green blog Earth2Tech (a new part of the GigaOm blog network) which will focus on the business side of green and clean technology.
And check out the cool Power of Wind ad produced by Nordpol+ Hamburg for EPURON, a renewable energy company based in […]

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Dragon is a beautiful animation ad made for United Airlines. It’s made using paper cut-out stop-motion puppets, and you can see the process and team, lead by director, Jamie Caliri, in The Making of Dragon. Caliri also directed the ending animation for Lemony Snicket.
(via Lines and Colours)

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So cute! Sophia’s Harry Potter is too.
(via Steve Garfield)

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