Eyeworks: Shorts Program 1

Eyeworks: Festival of Experimental Animation 

Shorts Program 1 at 6:00pm

Tickets: $10 / Students: $3

Tickets for ONLY the Shorts Program 2 at 8:00pm:

https://www.showclix.com/event/eyeworks8pmprogram2

Ticket packages for BOTH Programs 1 & 2 at 6:00pm & 8:00pm:

https://www.showclix.com/event/eyeworksprograms1and2

The Eyeworks Festival of Experimental Animation returns to Richmond for a third year of screenings on March 24. Blending an appreciation of classical animation with the sensibilities of avant-garde cinema and the visual culture of alternative comics, the Eyeworks programs showcase abstract animation and unconventional character animation.

Partnering with the Department of Kinetic Imaging at VCU, the festival will screen at Grace Street Theater on Thursday March 24, with two programs of short films. These programs combine classic and contemporary work, and highlights include films from avant-garde animation legends Robert Breer, Suzan Pitt, and Jules Engel, and from contemporary animators Yoriko Mizushiri, Peter Burr, and Amy Lockhart. For this Grace Street event, films will be screened on 16mm and on video.

Eyeworks is a Chicago-based festival that exhibits classic and contemporary experimental animation. In addition to an annual festival, Eyeworks has presented screenings in Stockholm, Helsinki, Zagreb, and Bologna; as part of the Animation Block Party, the Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival, and the Chicago Alternative Comics Expo; and at CalArts, Dartmouth College and VCU.

Note: Eyeworks Festival programs contain adult themes and adult content.

The Department of Kinetic Imaging at VCU presents

Eyeworks Festival of Experimental Animation

Cosponsored by the Department of Art and Art History and University of Richmond

Thursday, March 24, 2016

Grace Street Theater, 934 W. Grace St.

http://www.eyeworksfestival.com - eyeworksfestival@gmail.com

Festival director Alexander Stewart in person

Shorts Program 1

Thursday, March 24, 2016

6:00 PM

Lineup:

Shen Jie, Horse, 2014

Hy Hirsh, Come Closer, 1952

Suzan Pitt, Bowl, Theater, Garden, Marble Game, 1970

Brian Smee, Sports, 2014

Matthew Steven Arnone, Gyges, 2010

Robert Breer, 70, 1970

Kevin Eskew, Still Life, 2015

Amy Lockhart, Quilt, 2013

Heather McAdams, The Scratchman, 1980

Tadanori Yokoo, Kachi Kachi Yama, 1965

Deanna Morse, Plants, 1989

Jules Engel, Shapes and Gestures, 1976

Peter Burr, Green / Red, 2014

16mm and video

Total running time 70 minutes

All programs preceded by Art History GIFs, a looping silent work by Caleb Wood