David Schonauer
Vimeo Wednesday May 8, 2013
Filmmaker (and MAP reader) Catya Plate’s first animated stop-motion short, The Reading, received the best animated short award from the Seattle True Independent Film Festival in 2012. Now she is
completing her second short, Hanging By a Thread, which, like the first, features characters she calls the “Clothespin Freaks.” This time they are cast in a story that, as Plate
says, “takes place in a distant post-apocalyptic future in which the human race has fallen to pieces, but where a new breed may put it all back together.” Brilliant. Read the full Story >>
Catya Plate Thursday September 12, 2013
Some months ago we spotlighted an animated work in progress from Brooklyn filmmaker and MAP reader Catya Plate—a short called Hanging by
a Thread that humorously touched upon some of life’s thornier existential problems. Now we can report that the short has won the Best Animation Award from the Nevada City Film Festival. (Go here to view all the
winners.) Last year, Plate’s animated stop-motion short film The Reading was awarded Best Animated Film at the Seattle True Independent Film Festival. Read the full Story >>
Brooklyn Film Festival Friday May 30, 2014
Last year, we featured Brooklyn-based filmmaker (and MAP reader) Catya Plate’s Hanging By a Thread, a humorous and touching
animated short featuring peculiar two-headed anthropomorphic clothespins who may save mankind’s future. Since its debut, the film has won a number of awards, most recently being named as an
official selection at the Brooklyn Film Festival. It will be screening on Sunday, June 1st, at 10pm and again on Monday, June 2nd, at 6:30pm. Plate will be available for a Q&A session following
the screenings. Indiewire notes that the fest, which
starts today and runs through June 8, received 2,000 submissions this year and will feature work from 34 countries. Read the full Story >>
Hatchfund Thursday April 9, 2015
We have previously spotlighted MAP reader Catya Plate’s 2013 stop-motion animated short Hanging By a Thread, in which two-headed figures sewn together from scrap material charmingly
show how people cope in angst-ridden times. Plate is now crowdfunding the second installment in trilogy about the characters: Her new film, called Meeting MacGuffin, picks up where
Hanging by a Threadleft off, and, notes Plate, the future of humanity is at stake. See her campaign at Hatchfund. Read the full Story >>
Vimeo Thursday June 23, 2016
Back in 2013 we featured Brooklyn-based filmmaker (and MAP reader) Catya Plate’s stop-motion animated film Hanging On By A
Thread, about a group of creatures called the Clothespin Freaks who more or less save humanity in a post-apocalyptic future. The film garnered a number of festival awards, and now Plate has
made a sequel called Meeting MacGuffin. This one features a groundhog climatologist who helps humanity save the planet. See the trailer now at Vimeo. Read the full Story >>
Flipboard Wednesday June 4, 2014
You can now access the top MAP posts from May at Flipboard, the app that brings you content from your favorite websites in a magazine-style format. As we’ve noted before, Flipboard is a great
way to view this newsletter and our other publications, Pro Photo Daily, Dispatches From Latin America, and DART: Design Arts Daily, on your tablet or smartphone. (Once you’ve downloaded the app, you must subscribe to the
newsletter to access the MAP posts—see button at top.) Among the posts up this month are a look at Brooklyn filmmaker Catya Plate’s award-winning animated short Hanging By A Thread,
a selection of the Brooklyn Film Festival, and director Ramtin Nikzad’s short documentary about the lost art of the courtroom artist. Read the full Story >>
By Peggy Roalf Tuesday April 17, 2012
Above: Don Joint, Blue Machine
Gun, 2011, from Fishing for Knick Knacks, opening Thursday at Pavel Zoubok Gallery. Tuesday, April
17 Opening reception, 7 pm: Archizines | 80 magazines and printed matter designed by \ / | < | \
| (Giancarlo Valle, Isaiah King and Ryan Neiheiser) with graphic work by Benjamin Critton. Storefront for Art and Architecture,
97 Kenmare Street, NY, NY. Wednesday, April 18 Opening … Read the full Story >>
By Robert Newman Thursday October 29, 2015
Eric Skillman is the art director for the Criterion Collection, the beautifully-designed ongoing series of movie DVD reissues. He's been at Criterion for 14 years, creating a remarkable body of work
that includes smart, cool graphic design and numerous examples of top-notch art directed illustration. Skillman is also a talented book and poster designer, and wrote a graphic novel, Liar's Kiss. And
he designed … Read the full Story >>
