The Meat Department
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| Other names | Meat Dept., Barzolff814 |
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| 🌐 Website | http://www.meatdept.tv |
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The Meat Department, also known as Meat Dept. is an artist collective founded by French animators and filmmakers David Nicolas and Kevin Van Der Meiren, known for their numerous experimental animated videos and for their participation in the Netflix anthology: Love, Death & Robots.[1]
In 2016, the music video Hand In The Fire (for Mr. Oizo and Charli XCX)was nominated for Best Animation at UK Music Video Awards.[2]
In 2017, the science-fiction comedy Black Holes: How Embarrassing To Be Human premiered as opening film at the Sundance Film Festival[3] and received public and critical aclaim.[4]
In 2019, Paolo Moretti curated the art exhibition Everything Meat Dept. at the La Roche-sur-Yon International Film Festival[5], showcasing Meat Dept.'s work, in particular the installation War of Worlds 2.0, a social experiment featuring a series of fake UFO videos posted on Youtube and social media from 2006 to 2008, including the video UFO Haiti, which made the headlines in 2007.[6]
In 2020, the music video Very Noise (for Igorrr), exquisite corpse inspired by the experience of stroke victims, was awarded in festivals[7] and nominated for Video of the Year by Vimeo.[8][9][10]
In 2021, the short film Automated Customer Service opened the Volume 2 of Netflix anthology: Love, Death & Robots.[11] and won the Emmy for "Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation", going to Meat Dept. member and character designer Laurent Nicolas. [12][13]
References[edit]
- ↑ Milligan, Mercedes (April 19, 2021). "Trailer: 'Love Death + Robots Vol. 2' Debuts on Netflix May 14".
- ↑ "UK Music Video Awards 2016: here are the nominations... | News | Promonews". Promonewstv.
- ↑ "black-holes". www.sundance.org.
- ↑ Adelman, Kim; Adelman, Kim (January 10, 2017). "Sundance 2017: 10 Must-See Shorts At This Year's Festival".
- ↑ "Exposition "Everything Meat Dept."". www.fif-85.com.
- ↑ "It came from outer space". Los Angeles Times. August 22, 2007.
- ↑ "Flatpack 2020 Award winners". flatpackfestival.org.uk.
- ↑ "Meat Dept's bizarre music video has a rather surprising back story". www.itsnicethat.com.
- ↑ "Meat Dept's CG music video is a glitchy, fleshy trip". www.creativereview.co.uk.
- ↑ "Can Your Brain Handle Meat Dept's Disturbing New Music Video?". www.lbbonline.com.
- ↑ Meslow, Scott (May 19, 2021). "The Best and Worst of Love, Death & Robots Volume 2". Vulture.
- ↑ "Juried Winners for 73rd Emmys Announced". Television Academy.
- ↑ Schneider, Michael; Schneider, Michael (August 25, 2021). "'The Masked Singer,' 'The Simpsons,' 'Love Death and Robots' Among Early, Juried Winners for 2021 Emmys".
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