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This weeks Channel Frederator film,”The Machine”, comes to us from Bent Image Lab’s Rob Shaw. Find out why robots are both evil and radical and what Rob is working on next…

Channel Frederator: Where did you study animation?

Rob Shaw: I went to the University of the Arts in Philadelphia (where I grew up) for film and animation.

CF: Who are your favorite artists?

RS: I’m drawn towards a lot of eastern European animators like Jan Lenica, Jan Svankmajer, Jiri Barta and Jiri Norstein. They have organic textural styles that I love. Adam Elliot is a current hero because of the heart he gets into his films.

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“The Machine” by Rob Shaw - Man’s pursuit of technology comes at a high price in this surreal, circular fable.

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