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EARLY WORK
Rapid Transit, 1969, 2:30. Silhouetted bean mandalas hopping to a bongo beat. Displacement, 1969, 2:30. Abstract exercise in pattern recognition. Candy Machine, 1972, 4:00. A “little man” cartoon set against a xeroxed subway. Trikfilm 1, 1972, 1:00. Optically-printed nude line dancer, drawn to Bach prelude. Trikfilm 3, 1973, 3:30. A hand draws a flipbook of liquid architecture. L’Age Door, 1975, 1:00. Animated flipbook of endlessly evolving entrancement. The Club, 1975, 4:00. A tour of an exclusive men’s club and its complacent members. It’s an OK Life, 1980, 4:00. Cartoon glimpse into a future which now seems all too familiar. ANTI-CARTOONS Hand Collation, 1978/2004, 5:00. Hand-held documentary of time-stitching. Silent. Academy Leader Variation, 1984, :10. Cut-out photo countdown with body parts. Head, 1975, 10:30. A self-portrait of the animator undone by his cartoon surrogate. Thumbnail Sketches, 1976, 7:00. Elemental mini-icons perform acrobatic feats, Lineage, 1979, 29:00. Essay on animation’s contradictory legacy: comedy and formalism. Step Print, 1976, 7:00. Abstract color cycles for gallery installation. Silent. Block Print, 1978, 17:00. A duplicated documentary of a NYC sidewalk. Silent. Viewmaster, 1976, 3:00. Cartoons running circles in the face of Muybridge. LATER WORK Thicket, 1985, 10:30. A dream visit with death and memory, accompanied by Schönberg. Ko-Ko, 1988, 3:00. Charlie Parker’s bebop anthem propels a storm of cultural shards. Flying Fur, 1981, 7:00. A minstrel show of cartoon self-doubt. Music by Scott Bradley. New Fangled, 1992, 2:00. Advertising jargon taken at face value. A Little Routine, 1994, 7:00. Bedtime for Nora: parent/child conflict resolution. Routine Stuff, 2004, 4:00. Slideshow of LR storyboards, artwork, and commentary. COMMISSIONED WORK Amnesty International/Universal Bill of Rights, 1980, :30. Freedom of Speech. Fair Trial. Comedy Channel IDs, 1982, :10. Aquaducks for Nora, 1988, 4:00. 2 screen installation. Music by Joel Forrester. Sunday Afternoon with Vice-President Dan Quayle, 1988, 3:00. Spy-TV satire. Film Forum, 1974, 1990, 2002. Evolution of a NYC institution. |
