Picked by Aeon
Incredible hand-painted animations pay tribute to a vanishing world
Through thick, hand-painted stop-motion built from maps, family tapes and photos, an artist recalls his North Carolina childhood home, erased for a widened road.
Gorgeous, painterly animation turns personal loss into a quiet elegy for vanishing places.
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