Three giant robots rampaging the village: the workaholic, the ignorant and the self-obsessed. Are these models our future? Hiding behind a black and white, retro-styled veil, 3x Super Robot Heartbreak is an illustration of common attitudes served with a sliver of hope.

Animator Pete Foley has come up with a film that has its roots in both the retro zip of Art Deco graphic design and the highly iconic, anything-goes aesthetic of Japanese manga and anime. The characters are almost criminally simple, but they still evoke an emotional response... even the robots. It's quite a feat to bring such charming storytelling to shadow puppet versions of inanimate objects.

"My name's Pete Foley. I'm an animator based in Brisbane, Australia. Since graduating with a Batchelors of Animation from the Queensland College of Art, I have made several animated films, most visible being a promo film for Creative Commons entitled 'Mayer and Bettle'. It had a huge global circulation and is now opening for many of their conferences. It's been translated into half a dozen languages.

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"3x Super Robot Heartbreak was completed in 2 weeks. The deadline was a robot exhibition being held at retro store Vinyl Frontier."         --Pete Foley

'3x Super Robot Heartbreak' was completed in 2 weeks. The deadline was a robot exhibition being held at retro store Vinyl Frontier. I finished the visuals with just 24hrs to spare, when I shipped it to Japan for my long time collaborator (and co-founder of Black brow) Chris Perren to stress over the audio.

The film was made with a combination of Apple Motion, Moho and Final Cut Pro.

       --Pete Foley, MAR 2007