For this edi­tion of Thursday’s Round Up, I wanted to share a few videos that I enjoy. They vary from music video to ani­ma­tion to stop motion, and are all pretty mesmerizing.

Blu’s video, Big Bang Big Boom is the story of of evo­lu­tion and its con­se­quences. The logis­tics and plan­ning to make this short film are really mind-boggling, not to men­tion the inven­tion and inno­va­tion of the urban land­scape. It’s nearly 10 min­utes long, but a very worth­while 10 minutes.

BIG BANG BIG BOOM — the new wall-painted ani­ma­tion by BLU from blu on Vimeo.

Ani­mal Col­lec­tive is a favorite of mine. Their music (which is often a sam­pling of other music, such as the Beach Boys) lends itself so well to a myr­iad of abstract rep­re­sen­ta­tions and psy­che­delic expe­ri­ences. Ori Toor cre­ated this video as his final at Shenkar School of Engi­neer­ing and Design. It’s a stream of con­scious­ness so appro­pri­ate for the song, Lion in a Coma.

Ani­mal Col­lec­tive — “Lion in a Coma” from ori toor on Vimeo.

Have you ever been in a rela­tion­ship gone awry? Fallen out of love? Julia Pott’s ani­ma­tion, Howard is heart-breaking and poignant, and done com­pletely in Julia’s unique draw­ing style. The film is laden with some ambi­gu­ity but it works so well for what it is — an inter­nal ques­tion­ing, self doubt, and finally a resolution.