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Rune and Erik Eriksson

“Bungee Jump Skeleton Man” animators, Rune and Erik Eriksson, brave the Norwegian winter to answer a few questions for us… actually, it was all done by email… but we bet it was chilly!

Channel Frederator: Where did you study animation?

Rune Eriksson: I have a BA degree in animation from Edinburgh College of Art. My brother, Erik, gained his skills from working with me.

CF: Who has influenced your work?

RE: We are big fans of Monty Python, Seinfeld, The Simpsons, Tom and Jerry, Beavis and Butthead, Steve Martin and many more. We try to find inspiration not just in animation.

CF: What is your favorite animation?

RE: There is a Disney short called “Hook, Lion and Sinker” from 1950 with Donald Duck. A very funny film.

CF: Do you have any upcoming projects you can tell us about?

RE: We are trying to finish two shorts at the moment. We haven`t decided the titles yet, but so far we call them [Read more…]

I hate to break it to you, but you missed out on seeing a very cool show at the Natural History Museum in Basel, Switzerland. Oh well, so did I. It was called “Animatus” and it featured the work of Korean artist Hyungkoo Lee, who creates exquisite and intricate skeletons of cartoon characters.

Here’s more of his work from the Arario New York gallery site. Here is some brainy text that explains it.

Thanks to Michael Sporn for alerting me to this work by writing about it on Splog.

After the jump, a video tour of Lee’s work in the Venice Biennale 2007. [Read more…]