Lunch Break

I know I’m jumping the gun on this one, but I found out about it in the nick of time.
One of my favorite film-makers Lewis Klahr is having a few films screened October 16th, 2006 at Calart’s Redcat in Los Angeles, 8:00pm.
I was able to sit in (unofficially) on a few of his classes at Calarts during my time there, when I should’ve been in my animation classes.Needless to say, I learned alot from that time spent ditching those classes.
(I don’t recommend this behavior for anyone, but it always worked for me.)

I felt a little like an outsider in the animation school because I was a defector from the Fine Arts department.
My first 2 years were spent in the art department before stumbling my way, somehow, into the animation school.
That said, my Cut-Out, Ripped up, Lo-fi animation was a little different.
I found inspiration in Lewis’s work, not to mention a quiet, secret hero/mentor. Seeing his work, made me feel like I was not alone in my quest for the Lo-Fi Revolution.
His work is amazing and those of you in LA really NEED to go see this with me.

The Pony Glass (1997) film still
(this film isn’t going to be shown, but it’s a great still.)
About Pony Glass:
“Less fussy and far more transgressive than his previous work, Klahr’s collage animation PONY GLASS makes comic-book hero Jimmy Olsen the locus of desperate anxieties about sexuality and race. The film is so charged with fear and desire that a simple iris down to black made the hair stand up on the back of my neck.” -Amy Taubin, The Village Voice

More info can be found here: Re-Animation: An Evening W/ Lewis Klahr
-JX!