08.22.08
We’re excited to be able to support local animator Bruce Bickford with the Cartune Xprez: 2008 AMRCAN FALL tour.
Friday, August 29th
8pm
Northwest Film Forum
1515 12th Ave
Seattle, WA
Multimedia dance duo Hooliganship (Peter Burr and Christopher Doulgeris) present the freshest incarnation of Cartune Xprez, a 70–minute animation party that celebrates the wilderness of imagination through motion pictures. Featured artists include Bruce Bickford, Shana Moulton, Takeshi Murata, Paper Rad and others. Included in this cartoon theater will be their most recent piece entitled “Realer” in which audiences don 3D glasses and bear witness to a televised parade gone awry. This program provides a rare opportunity to see videos by emerging and internationally known artists. Collectively, their resumes include collaborations with Frank Zappa and major exhibitions at the Whitney Biennial, the MOMA in New York, the Sundance Film Festival and many other institutions throughout the world.
08.07.08
Sunday, August 17 | 4:00 PM
Henry Auditorium
FREE to Henry members or with museum admission
Tickets available at the Henry Admission Desk beginning August 10; seating is limited.
As part of La Semaine de la Bande Dessinée (The Week of the Graphic Novel), the Henry welcomes a powerhouse international panel to celebrate the visit of Parisian graphic novelist Pierre-François Beauchard (professionally known as David B.) When still a student, David B. co-founded the artist-run publishing group L’Association, a group that revolutionized European comics. The best example of L’Association’s daring approach is Beauchard’s own masterpiece Epileptic.
David B. is joined by two of Seattle’s own superstar bédéistes: Peter Bagge and Jim Woodring. These Seattle artists join David B. in a conversation moderated by Kim Thompson, the co-owner of Fantagraphics Books and English translator of Epileptic, about the different subtleties of their medium, how they employ its tools of image, space, and text to create narratives, capture visions, and change our views of the world. After the event, works by each artist will be available for purchase and signing.
