
Animation shorts:
States of Emergence
Saturday 31 May, 15:00
Rio Cinema
Full duration: 60min
What does a body look like when it is turned inside out? And perfume, when materialised as a woodland substratum of abundant growth and decay? Might a plastic bag (arguably the most popular, if unwanted, fashion accessory) possess feelings and agency? Operating at the edges of reality and fantasy, serenity and grotesqueness, this programme harnesses animation as a language through which to express complex ideas about the entanglements of fashion and nature. Showcasing a variety of techniques, the films attend to moments in which physical bodies, plants and inanimate things push against and mould into each other. Through relentless adaptation and transformation, the films highlight the aliveness of both bodies and things, their shared nature as matter. Fashion here is conceptualised not only as the body’s textile covering but, more expansively, as its malleable surface.
Asparagus
USA, 1979. Dir. Suzane Pitt, 17min. English.
Flora
Czechia, 1989. Dir. Jan Švankmajer, 1min.
Moth
USA, 2019. Dir. Allison Schulnik, 3min 15sec.
Plastic Bag
USA, 2020. Dir. Robin Frohardt, 7min 32sec.
There is a Garden in My Head
Netherlands, 1987. Dir. Jacques Verbeek, Karin Wiertz, 4min.
Trembled Blossoms
USA, 2008. Dir. James Lima, 4min 47sec.
Wonderwood
UK, 2010. Dir. Brothers Quay, 3min.
Wonderwood (2010)
Flora (1989)
There is a Garden in My Head (1987)
Asparagus
USA, 1979. Dir. Suzan Pitt, 17min. English.
22 Light Years
USA, 2021. Dir. Janie Geiser, 13.5min.
Flora
Czechia, 1989. Dir. Jan Švankmajer, 1min.
Moth
USA, 2019. Dir. Allison Schulnik, 3min 15sec.
Plastic Bag
USA, 2020. Dir. Robin Frohardt, 7min 32sec.
There is a Garden in My Head
Netherlands, 1987. Dir. Jacques Verbeek, Karin Wiertz, 4min.
Trembled Blossoms
USA, 2008. Dir. James Lima, 4min 47sec.
Wonderwood
UK, 2010. Dir. Brothers Quay, 3min.