FREE event @ PLUG N PLAY ( 8-11pm )
Thu 19th May Kent St Bar // 201 Smith St, Fitzroy
Fundraiser for the upcoming publication of TRAILS ::: a regular free newspaper all about comics & related matter
Come down and watch the moving images and roaring sounds that form the bowels of inspiration for the soldiers of THE SILENT ARMY… ( see also http://www.comicslifestyle.com/silentarmy/)
featuring an ALL-ANIMATION pixel smorgasbord with lush local screen action by: Lachlan Conn, Lindsay Cox, Silent Army, Jean Poole, So_Micro & more.. & assorted eye-popping animations by : Run Wrake (UK), Len Lye ( NZ scratch film pioneer ), Michael Snow, Norman McLaren ( canada ), Oskar Fischinger ( early 20th century A-V pioneer )
As well as scenes from anim_spectaculars such as Fantastic Planet (French 70s madness )
a Chris Wares doco, Fast Films ( photocopy origami @ 25 frames per second~!) various animated warp, ninja tune etc music videos & more…
SOUNDS :
Music to make comics by, featuring
Lachlan Conn ( live performance & tunes by the The Grim )
The Kieran Mangan Mp3 Explosion
Future Eater
& Other comic inspired soundscapes and ink-friendly tunes
BYO pens / textas / stainmakers and add a page to the collaborative You_Are_I_Am book…
( one of 100 sent around the world, to be returned by june 2005 for a Chicago exhibition by
http://www.you-are-beautiful.com )
Pages to date scanned and clickable here
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeanpoole/sets/266552/
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===Sounds of Silent Army===
Trails Fundraiser @ PLUG N PLAY ( 8-11pm )
Thu 19th May Kent St Bar // 201 Smith St, Fitzroy
