Tag: VFX
I like to think of this blog as a hall of wonders, but what you are about to see — a web exclusive! — is a true marvel of sheer inventiveness and insane imagination in the noble cause of physical comedy.
In July, I did a post on Beating Yourself Up for Fun & Profit. Good stuff, if I don’t say so myself. Planning my Bloomfield College visual effects class for the fall reminded me of this pretty sharp VW commercial. All VFX, but a variation on the same theme…
I don’t necessarily think that performance — or any other art form — has to be avant-garde to be valid, but still I would like to showcase work that pushes boundaries. Thus this series, Physical Comedy in the 21st Century. I’m looking for all kinds of innovative work, and I’m hoping that at least half of the millions of you reading this blog will turn me on to some cool stuff. Our first piece by the Belgian comic duo Circoripopolo involves some neat digital tricks, but please don’t think that means that I’m only interested in work that involves technology. In fact, I’ve been especially excited by the nouveau cirque work I’ve seen, which has a strong emphasis on live performance. So… let a hundred flowers blossom and a hundred schools of thought contend.
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My first book (1976)
My book Clowns has long been out of print, but you can borrow it for two weeks at a time from the Internet Archive. More information is available here.
My second book (2015)
Visual and verbal humor for the cognitively and artistically curious! Available here.
“A book to treasure!”
—Bill Irwin