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Timo Arnall

Timo Arnall is a designer, filmmaker and photographer who works on the Apple Design Team in California. He started out as a visual effects and compositing supervisor for animators and artists, working on the 1990s short films of his mother, Marjut Rimminen, among others, before moving into interaction design. His films and design projects set out to make new technology visible and understandable. …

Known For

Death and the MotherDeath and the Mother · 1997
Death and the Mother
★ 6.11997
MovieAnimationDrama
Black-and-white, etched-wood animation tale about the Grim Reaper. In a remote forest, Death in disguise calls on a woman and her baby daughter.
Red RibbonRed Ribbon · 2001
Red Ribbon
2001
MovieAnimation
Two adults balance their sexual behavior on a tightrope with the threat of AIDS/HIV. They receive support from the Red Ribbon, the symbol of the global AIDS/HIV aid organization. They learn to adjust their movements and eventually feel safe.
Many Happy ReturnsMany Happy Returns · 1997
Many Happy Returns
★ 6.01997
MovieAnimationDrama
Mixed live-action and paper maché puppet animation. The disjointed debris of our childhood state still lurking within our adult consciousness act as a painful, disruptive force. A ghost-like little girl keeps tapping on a woman’s consciousness, demanding attention, recalling a traumatic childhood event and thus distorting the woman’s experience of the present.
I'm Not a Feminist, but...I'm Not a Feminist, but... · 1986
I'm Not a Feminist, but...
1986
MovieAnimation
A series of humorous skits illustrating the experience of women in a male-dominated world.
Feeling My WayFeeling My Way · 1997
Feeling My Way
★ 6.01997
MovieAnimation
What goes around comes around: the daily cycle of home-work-home illuminated in collage, Hi-8 and paint. Layered and luminous with in-sight. An account of a journey from home to work as seen through the filter of the conscious and subconscious mind. Through the use of moving collages and painterly animation laid over Hi-8 footage, the viewer is able to share the traveller’s experiences and his mental reactions to the trials and triviality of urban existence. An animated account of a two mile journey made from home to work on foot. Hi-8 video footage digitized and printed out using an inkjet printer is combined with drawings, text and paint. A subjective representation of how visual information is filtered and processed by the conscious and subconscious mind. We share the traveller’s experiences: his idle thoughts and repetitive neuroses and see his mental reactions to the trials and triviality of daily life.
Internet MachineInternet Machine · 2014
Internet Machine
2014
Movie
A multi-screen film about the invisible infrastructures of the internet, the hidden materiality of data, and the machines through which ‘the cloud’ is transmitted and transformed.
SKZCPSKZCP · 1997
SKZCP
1997
MovieAnimation
An abstract film of optically manipulated, hand-painted film stock that moves with the logic of a dream. An animate! commission for Channel 4 and the Arts Council of England.
Miles from AnywhereMiles from Anywhere · 1997
Miles from Anywhere
1997
MovieAnimation
Close, handheld studies of stone, sky and texture, an exploration of landscape in which the framing does the work. An animate! commission for Channel 4 and the Arts Council of England.

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Feeling My WayFeeling My Way · 1997
Feeling My Way
★ 6.01997
MovieAnimation
What goes around comes around: the daily cycle of home-work-home illuminated in collage, Hi-8 and paint. Layered and luminous with in-sight. An account of a journey from home to work as seen through the filter of the conscious and subconscious mind. Through the use of moving collages and painterly animation laid over Hi-8 footage, the viewer is able to share the traveller’s experiences and his mental reactions to the trials and triviality of urban existence. An animated account of a two mile journey made from home to work on foot. Hi-8 video footage digitized and printed out using an inkjet printer is combined with drawings, text and paint. A subjective representation of how visual information is filtered and processed by the conscious and subconscious mind. We share the traveller’s experiences: his idle thoughts and repetitive neuroses and see his mental reactions to the trials and triviality of daily life.

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