The Eyeworks Festival of Experimental Animation is a film festival with a focus on abstract animation and unconventional character animation. The festival programs showcase outstanding experimental animation of all sorts: classic films, new works and rare masterpieces. Founded in 2010 by Alexander Stewart (Library Book, Sideral) and Lilli Carré (Heads or Tails, The Lagoon), Eyeworks is held annually in Chicago, with additional curated programs presented in Chicago and other cities throughout the year. The Eyeworks program showing at CAKE this year, Parallel Lines, features animated work that highlights an overlap between alternative comics and experimental animation. The screening will include both classic and contemporary works on this theme, showcasing narrative and graphic parallels between the two forms. Immediately following the screening there will be a Q&A, with presented animators Kim Deitch, Kevin Eskew, and Leif Goldberg. This program is sponsored by G-Mart Comics.
Parallel Lines: Comics and Animation
Richard McGuire, Micro Loup. 2003. 7:00
Peter Millard, Bodoobieboodongo. 2012. 4:00
George Griffin, Head. 1975. 10:30
Kathy Rose, The Doodlers. 1975. 5:00
Leif Goldberg, Wee Wee Attractors. 2013. 4:15
Kevin Eskew, Dumb Day. 2012. 10:00
Amy Lockhart, Walk For Walk. 2005. 11:00
Kim Deitch & John Kuramoto, The Ship That Never Came In. 2003. 2:30
Winsor McCay, The Pet. 1921. 11:45
Stefan Gruber, The Edible Rocks. 2012. 3:00
This panel will take place Saturday, June 15th, at the Hoover-Leppen Theatre at The Center on Halsted, 3656 N Halsted Ave, at 3pm. This event is free and open to the public. See you there!
the program last year was easily one of my favorite things about attending
(via thespithouse)
