Animation and Comic Art
Friday, June 20th
8pm: Live Music by TV on the Radio [details below]
9pm: A celebration of work by local animators
Animation and Comic Art
Short form animation is an underrated art form that survives because its creators are obsessive about creating work that is constantly challenging audiences. With this series, we are showcasing the link between comics, animation and progressive thought. This series deals with everything from sex to politics that is both humorous and thought provoking created by local animators.
A multimedia reading of Enter Avariz, by comic artist Marc Ngui
Enter Avariz is an allegory of the parasitic culture of modern capitalism, told in a tumbling arcade-inspired narrative. Witness as Ngui and others do voices and sound effects to go along with the comic art stories of the delightfully bouncy Boy Ugly and the other resilient residents of Zak Meadow are sold out, co-opted, harvested, test marketed, junk mailed, genetically modified, prepackaged, networked, off-gassed, discounted, and branded in the pursuit of progress by the relentless Agents of Capitalism.
The Velvet Tigress Jen Sachs (11:00)
This animated drama uses recreated newspaper headlines and narrative sequences to tell the bizarre story of the 1931 Winnie Ruth Judd "Trunk Murders." Was it a crime of passion or just cold-blooded murder?
Downpour Aaron Woodley (8:00)
Armed with only a satchel of supplies and a watering can, two disheartened planters wander through a barren wasteland in search of fertile ground.
Spare ChangeTewodross Melchishua (4:00)
Spare Change is a clay animated production and social commentary about a man asking for change on the street, and the associations we, as a society, have about people (or the homeless) on the street.
Plugs Mcginnis, Seeing Eye DogAaron Augenblick (3:00)
This film follows the adventures of an alcoholic seeing-eye dog and his blind master on a day trip to the post office.
The FreakAristomenis Tsirbas (6:00)
contact: Dane Smith 323-969-8039
In a land where blind conformity is the law, a brightly garbed freak brings hope for all things fantastic and atypical.
NatashaSigne Baumane & Josh Rechnitz (10:00)
Natasha is a neglected housewife who falls in love with a household appliance.
The Toll Collector Rachel Johnson (10:00)
No one expects a toll collector to have dreams of becoming a ballerina. But for one lonely, terribly deformed woman it's all she's ever wanted...
Sugar Lisa Barnstone (7:00)
Super 8mm filmmaker Lisa Barnstone teams up with pro big mountain snow boarder Victoria Jealouse to create this pixillated tale of self discovery. In the film, Victoria carves the sides of mountains in Alaska and the surfaces of the streets of NYC.
CiprodipromaxxBenjamine Fine (2:00)
An infomercial that will set your mind free.
*ShadowplayDan Blank (16:00)
In August of 1945, in a closing chapter of the Second World War, a blinding flash lit the sky over Hiroshima. The places that were shielded from that searing light became permanent shadows on the city's walls and streets, while the city itself was decimated. "Shadowplay" is the story of Akio, a shadow of a young boy, who wanders the city searching for his family, while trying to make sense of the unfathomable atrocity.
Music:
Before the films, live music by TV on the Radio -- Beatbox, naughty drum machines, bad organ and a shitload of good intentions. Milo Minus, Juno Swift and Macchiatto Jones bring the music to the people!
