Today we went for a curry in the Big Bulls Head with artist and animator Ian Emes. He is best known for creating the visuals for Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon tour, but his jumbled CV also includes Oscar-nominated short Goodie Two Shoes, Comic Strip film The Yob with Keith Allen and most recently kids TV series Bookaboo. Ian grew up in Erdington and studied at Birmingham College of Art where he was turned on to the likes of Oskar Fischinger. It was matinee encounters with Flash Gordon at the Odeon Kingstanding – one of the stars of our recent bus tour – which turned him into a filmmaker. Look out for a selection of his work as part of a 70s show at Ikon Gallery this summer.
Ray Bruce is another early Pink Floyd animator (Wish You Were Here), now living on the west coast of Canada. I showed some of his work at the Blinding Light in Vancouver some years ago, great stuff.
Oh, and that bit at 2:30 – is this where Windows stole their flying windows screen saver/campaign from? Looks pretty spot on.
Comment by Alex MacKenzie — April 19, 2010 @ 5:31 am