Imagined Spaces: The Fantastic Forms of Animation

Colors, lines, symbols and characters unfurl through uncharted worlds. From shapes that dance like visual poetry to collages of mystical metamorphosing images, this selection groups fantastic frame-by-frame animations of diverse and inventive techniques. Artists to screen: Oscar Fischinger; Mary Ellen Bute; Larry Jordan; Alexander Alexieff, and the Brothers Quay. Curated by Emily Downes, a MFA Candidate in the UWM Department of Film, Video, Animation, and New Genres. 16mm prints courtesy of the Department’s Cinema Arts Archive.

February 27, 2018, 7:00pm – 9:00pm, Union Cinema.

https://uwm.edu/studentinvolvement/event/archives-imagined-spaces-fantastic-forms-animation/

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