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.