What a shame, this category's at the very bottom of the stickies!
And I've actually come close to making up my mind here...
As always, I'm somewhat unhappy as far as the interpretation of artistic, but eh... I always see art as something of a balancing act between symbolism and aesthetics. As always, this year the stick weighs more heavily on the aesthetics end. Eye-candy is out and stealing attention.
But for all I care, there's at still some very effective videos to show for the category.
My top picks came out a bit lopsided:
1) Tyler_yj -
Beautiful Lie
If there's one vid that strikes the balance I mentioned, bingo - here. Grotesque, offbeat, chaotic and hits your mind like a pile of bricks. A feast.
2) Fluxmeister -
Beautiful Earth
Tasteful, expansive, somewhat political and very immideate. Edited very simply, but it's all done as convincing as it should be.
3) Fluxmeister -
Images
Solid on the conceptual/symbolic side, but for most of the early part I wasn't quite pleased with the presentation. In the end, however, it did work in all its' subtlety.
4) Tyler_yj -
Tsumibito no Kashou
Lord, forgive me for I have sinned! I'm voting on a vid based almost solely on its' aesthetic merits! But damn, this one just... really deserves it. It's an exceptional video with an exceptional feel. I've never seen the series, but it hit convincingly hard. My reaction to it was markedly different from just 'great visuals I wonder how he did that', even if the force was predominantly visual. So, a vote it is.
5)
5...
There's a five...
This one gets tricky. There's a few other very deserving videos here, though again, mostly on the aesthetic side. Insomnia and Olin I always admired, and Last Transmission has something interesting going on, but I can't put my finger on whether or not it might just be visual appeal.
That one I'll think about, and if I get desperate, just put in a check for myself.
What, I can't appreciate my own work from an artistic point?
Eh...
