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Chasing Two Rabbits: Call for Submissions

posted January 11, 2010 in events , news

Call for Participation: Chasing Two Rabbits

On February 26th & 27th, 2010, threewalls will host Chasing Two Rabbits as part of a two week animation festival featuring animation programs curated by local and national artists.

Chasing Two Rabbits is a special event curated by Sonia Yoon and Shannon Stratton, that pairs animators with live performances by sound artists and musicians.

Inspired by the experimental films of Norman McLaren, who combined abstract imagery (including scratching and painting into the film stock in earlier work, as well as paper cut-outs and live action and dance) with imaginative music and sound, Chasing Two Rabbits, acts to pair artists in both genres to produce a unique event where, rather than leaving art to illustrate a story, perhaps sound and vision will illuminate each other.  

Currently we are looking for proposals from both animators and sound artists and/or musicians who would like to be ‘match-made’ with the other. Pairings will be chosen from submissions, with animations provided to musicians and sound artists to review and ‘score’ for live performance on the 26th or 27th.

Animators can submit pieces for sound, no longer than 10 minutes in length, on DVD and sound artists can send audio files (mp3, aiff, wav) on CD to Chasing Two Rabbits, c/o threewalls, 119 N Peoria #2D, Chicago, IL, 60607 or can send files or links to Shannon and Sonia c/o rabbits@three-walls.org. Please submit materials By January 15th, 2010.

                                               “If you chase two rabbits, both will escape.”