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Oddball Films and curator Kat Shuchter present Experiments in Animation, a dazzling, psychedelic and innovative night of groundbreaking animation from around the world. Not your average cartoon show, this varied program features direct animation, optical printing, pixilation, early computer graphics, and absurd and surreal cell animation from innovative masters like Norman McLaren, Jan Lenica, Vince Collins, John Whitney, John Hubley, Peter Foldes, Tex Avery and more. Shorts include Rhinoceros (1965), Jan Lenica's cut-out adaptation of Ionesco's absurdist masterpiece; 200 (1975) Vince Collins' psychedelic bicentennial celebration; Arabesque (1975) John Whitney's early computer-generated poem of mathematical artistry. Robert Swarthe's Oscar-nominated Kick Me (1975)- painted directly onto the film - cleverly takes its meta-post-modernism to new dimensions; Canadian animator Norman McLaren experimented with animation in as many ways as his brilliant mind could conceive of, including direct cinema as with his hand-painted marvel Fiddle-De-Dee (1947), and even animating actors in his grim pixilation parable Neighbors (1958). The hypnotic Tanka (1976) utilizes optical printing to bring the intricate and ominous images of the Tibetan Book of the Dead to life. Peter Foldes' Hunger (La Faim, 1973) another early computer animated masterpiece and metamorphic nightmare brings new meaning to eating the rich. Bruno Bozzetto's brilliant Ego (1970) animates the surreal Freudian dreamworld of the average Joe, full of naked women and fascism. Oscar winning animator Eliot Noyes Jr. experiments with animating sand in the dreamy Sandman (1970). Tex Avery and Daffy Duck hit the editing deck and create an avant-garde collage film in Daffy Duck in Hollywood (1938). John and Faith Hubley's Adventures of an * (1956) broke all the rules and gave way to a new, more abstract style in studio anim ation. Plus more animated surprises in store, you'll never think about cartoons the same way again!