Tuesday, March 04, 2014
Giant Wind-Up Bots Overtake the Streets of Buenos Aires
Colossal: In this latest clip from Fernando Livschitz of Black Sheep Films we watch as tin windup toys overtake the streets of Buenos Aires, living amongst its inhabitants as if it was an everyday occurrence. Livschitz is known for his short films that blend live action footage with aspects of absurdity, most notably his New York and Buenos Aires theme parks. Music by the very fine Canned Heat circa 1972.
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This is so cool. I would love to experience these creatures in person. What I love about these giant wind up toys is that they completely change the perspective of what we accept as our normal human scale. As little kids, we all have played with wind up toys. When those toys are blown up to our own size, or even larger than us, our perspectives are completely changed. I really love art that is so simple, but has the power to change our perspectives in such a big way. I am sure this impact is even greater when experienced in person than it is in a video.
These are very cool pieces of art, they seem to take over the whole city. They also seem like things that would not normally be controlling the city. The wind up toys are normally seen in a small childs hand as a little toy they play with. This would be really cool to see in person and get to experience the full size of these creatures. I wonder if there are any other concepts the artist has to make different things in a larger scale and roaming around the city.
I love this!! From what I can figure out from a quick Google search, the creator of this video did it with a combination of live-action and digital effects. This makes sense, since I'm pretty sure you'd need all kinds of permits to put wind-up cars on an actual road, and it's a little funny that in most of the clips the people on the streets don't react to the toys at all. Mostly I noticed this with the animals- humans might ignore stuff like this, but I'm pretty sure a dog would freak out. With that being said, I really hope that at least some of it is real, because I just love the idea of seeing a giant tin wind-up robot roaming the streets of a city.
These little robots are adorable and roam around the town will the cutest personalities. Buenos Aires is an interesting country and one that I would love to visit one day. The video in the article is so cute and beautifully produced. They all have a very cute appearance, but when viewed together, they become sorta scary and with their mechanical movements at different speeds. I wish I would have been in this environment during the shoot, so I could walk around with these creatures and have fun with them. The video editing is incredible and has such a childlike quality. The robot appear to lack a good amount of control, but they must be fully controlled by some outside force, so they don't cause harm to the general public. Some of the shots look fake though, for people don't react in the way they should or the robots are moving to fast and could be very dangerous.
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