Western Sphaghetti, 2008, 1min 42 sec. Stopmotion animation using everyday objects
PES is the creator of some of the most widely viewed stop-motion films of all-time including Roof Sex, KaBoom!, Game Over, Human Skateboard, Western Spaghetti, and Fresh Guacamole.
On YouTube alone, his films have been viewed over 225 million times.
PES's uncanny knack for transforming familiar objects and people through stop-motion animation has earned him global recognition and dozens of honors, including an Academy Award® nomination for Fresh Guacamole in 2013. (It is the shortest film ever nominated for an Oscar.)
In addition to his original content, PES has also directed over 60 commercials for major international brands including Android, Honda, Orange Telecom, Kinder Surprise, PlayStation, Sprint, Samsung and Bacardi. His Honda "Paper" spot received an Emmy® Award nomination for "Outstanding Commercial of 2016" and has collected numerous ad industry awards including the One Show's "Automobile Advertising of the Year Award." It was also recently added to the permanent collection at both the Louvre's Museum of Advertising and The Museum of Modern Art.
PES is a stopmotion animator, that transforms familiar objects into something entirely different. In one of his films western spaghetti, he uses a myriad of interesting materials such as the rubiks cube , post-it pads, yarns etc to cook up a storm. His quirky stopmotion animations is a perfect example of defamiliarizing and I was really drawn to the playful vibes of his animations. I find the technique of stopmotion a good way to capture the infinte transformation of plastics.