cx08 cover

 



2008 AMRCAN FALL

From the end of the summer to the beginning of the winter, we toured North America loaded with a massive display of cartoons and Hooliganship performances in honor of the newly released 2008 DVD compilation. In total we hosted over 50 events in museums, basements, clubs, churches, attics, tents, schools, and galleries across the continent. See a moving display of this action at Kansas City's La Esquina, Los Angeles' LACMA, and Austin's Alamo Drafthouse. Check out static glimpses of our show at Charlottesville's Bridge Gallery, Houston's ArtStorm, Los Angeles' LACMA, The Medusa in Minneapolis, Williams College, anastasia's attic in Keene, New Orlean's The Front Gallery, and Richmond's Church of Crystal Light.

SHWS


Helsing Junction Sleepover. Rochester, WA
Northwest Film Forum. Seattle, WA
Visual Arts Collective Boise, ID
Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design. Denver, CO
La Esquina. Kansas City, MO
Kansas City Art Institute. Kansas City, MO
University of Missouri Kansas City. Kansas City, MO
Wonder Fair. Lawrence, KS
Concordia University. Seward, NE
The Bemis Center for Contemporary Art. Omaha, NE
Mount Marty. Yankton, SD
Medusa. Minneapolis, MN
The Project Lodge. Madison, WI
The Borg Ward. Milwaukee, WI
The Washington. Burlington, IA
The Nightingale. Chicago, IL
Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit. Detroit, MI
Junctionview Studios. Columbus, OH
Ohio University. Athens, OH
Pittsburgh Center for the Arts. Pittsburgh, PA
The Squeaky Wheel. Buffalo, NY
The Pleasuredome. Toronto, ON
Pop Montreal. Montreal, QC
The Center for Cartoon Studies. White River Junction, VT
21 Cross Street. Keene, NH
AS220. Providence, RI
Rhode Island School of Design. Providence, RI
Gideon Welles. Glastonbury, CT
Storefront Artist Project. Pittsfield, MA
Williams College. Williamstown, MA
51 3rd street. Troy, NY
Creative Alliance. Baltimore, MD
Hirshhorn Museum. Washington, DC
University of Maryland Baltimore County. Baltimore, MD
Maryland Institute College of Art. Baltimore, MD
The Bridge. Charlottesville, VA
The Church of Crystal Light. Richmond, VA
The Night Light. Chapel Hill, NC
Lump Gallery. Raleigh, NC
Savannah College of Art and Design. Atlanta, GA
The Front. New Orleans, LA
Acadiana Center for Film Media. Lafayette, LA
ArtStorm. Houston, TX
Austin Museum of Digital Art. Austin, TX
Arizona State University. Tempe, AZ
Show Cave. Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles, CA
The Lab. San Francisco, CA
Humboldt State University. Arcata, CA
DIVA. Eugene, OR
Holocene. Portland, OR
Open Space. Victoria, BC
Pacific Cinematheque Vancouver, BC


VDEO LYNE-UP

Bruce Bickford
THE COMIC THAT FRENCHES YOUR MIND

Morphing beasts, junkies, and davy crockett tourists take the screen among other puzzling characters in this twisting pencil line animation.
Philippe Blanchard
ALIEN ICE MIAMI

Burger beach green screen cut and paste pastel computer world.
Blu
MUTO

A tenacious graffiti wall animation.
Peter Burr
DUDULUP01

36 colors on 294 pages mark a senseless journey through television sets, volcanic islands, and other peculiar icons.

Martha Colburn
MEET ME IN WICHITA

This film fuses Osama Bin Laden into the fairytale Land of Oz. Terror ensues.

Crystal Beard
ADVENTURE LAND FUN BAALOON

A senseless and violent journey camouflaged by early morning kids tv.
Eric Dyer
COPENHAGEN CYCLES

Using a vast assortment of hand-made zoetropes, Dyer pieces together a fluid portrait of his home-city.
E*Rock + Mumbleboy
SUPERHEROEZ

One day in the life of a superhero who has the power to change heads.

Shayne Ehman + Seth Scriver
ASPHALT WATCHES

A hitchhiking adventure through acid-washed flash worlds.

Adrian Freeman
.SHAME FELLOW
A red-striped warrior demonstrates a simple transformation.

Lief Hall
25/27

3D software stretched to its limit, twisting magic eye monsters with burnt-out landscapes and rapid-fire strobes.
Emanuelle Kabu
HEADS FALL SILENTLY

A body-chopping factory offers a tranquil escape from an otherwise violent noisy world.
Timo Katz
WHIRR

A cookie-cutter subdivision is cut up and reconstructed in a string of digital beats.
Jeff Kricshun
SINGSONG

This collection of animated doodles captures the puzzling perversion of middle school years.
Corey Lunn
DARN DANCE

A series of paper cut-out vignettes crudely portray pop icons exhibiting crude behavior.
Josh Mannis
DOWNWARD DOG
A cartoon dog-man performs his yoga routine in endless repetition.
Shana Moulton
THE MOUNTAIN WHERE EVERYTHING IS UPSIDE DOWN

An anxiety-ridden hypochondriac explores her collection of nick-knacks in a surreal workout room.
Takeshi Murata
UNTITLED (PINK DOT)

A retina-burning optical trick melts into slow deaths and bomb blasts at the hands of Rambo.
Paper Rad
BOOTY

A barrage of faceless internet videos unveils a strange vision of our scary fairy tale world.
Ola Vasiljeva
MICHAEL JACKSON TEACHING BIRDS TO SING

Taken from a 5-part portrait of MJ, this chapter reveals the pop stars magical ability to commune with nature.