newscaster/dragon/maggots, 2013

The surreal film, ‘newscaster / dragon / maggots’ is a transmission of what lurks in between the channels. This is a rotoscoped piece of animation created from three randomly selected pieces of found footage. The foundation of this piece is based in mathematics, chance and montage editing measured in increments of triangular numbers. After the Formalist groundwork was laid, elements of Surrealism were employed to take the film beyond the initial framework of the metric and rhythmic editing process. The pixels were playfully manipulated and melded together into an entirely new form, backed by a noise composition set into place without regard for pacing, only duration.

Past Screenings

ASIFA Se-ma-for Muzeum Animacji (Lodz, Poland) 2013
UNDER-the-RADAR Symposium (Vienna, Austria) 2013
Cornwall Film Festival (Newquay, United Kingdom) 2013
St. Louis International Film Festival (St. Louis, MO) 2013
ASIFA Central IAD (Grand Rapids, MI) 2013
St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase (St. Louis, MO) 2013
Contamination Defcon 4 Film Festival (St. Louis, MO) 2013
Fall Faculty Institute Showcase (Grafton, IL) 2013

newscaster/dragon/maggots