On Friday 8 and Saturday 9 October, Cavia will be all about the work of award-winning artist, experimental filmmaker, animator and holographer Eric Leiser. There will be two different screenings with lots of short films and a feature film on Saturday. He will also be present for a Q&A afterwards. In our foyer you'll be able to admire RELICS: an exhibition of analog reflection hologram sculptures, dioramas with projection, drawings and woodblock prints by Eric Leiser.
Eric Leiser works in New York and is born in California. An alumni of CalArts experimental animation program, he was mentored by program creator/filmmaker/animator Jules Engel. After graduating from CalArts, he was mentored by artist/filmmaker Jan Svankmajer in Prague, CZ. Eric creates intricate works of animated film, sculpture, holography and painting along with film installation integrating animation, painting, sculpture, holography and live performance.
October 8, 20hProgram 1: Early Experimental Animation Short Films by Eric Leiser
- Little Band of Sailors (3 min, 2013)
- Forest (2 min, 2008)
- Dream One (3 min, 2007)
- Town on Skull Rock (3 min, 2007)
- Norsk Folksang (2 min, 2011)
- Regeneration (3 min, 2011)
- Maelstrom (2 min, 2011)
- Broken Dream (4 min, 2012)
- Living Waters (1 min, 2012)
- LAND (2 min, 2012)
- If I (Was) (5 min, 2013)
- Automata (4 min, 2014)
- Decoding the Prime (4 min, 2014)
- Psalms (5 min, 2003)
- Terra Incognita (4 min, 2004)
- Hasting Conqueror (6 min, 2010)
- Womb (1 min, 2014)
October 9, 20hProgram 2: Contemporary Experimental Animation Short Films by Eric Leiser
- Anthropic Principle (4 min, 2016)
- Apocalypsis:Theosis (10 min, 2017)
- Superconductivity (4min, 2017)
- Dwell with Me (4 min, 2018)
- Escape (4 min, 2018)
- Ambient Chiconne (10 min, 2019)
- Secret (4 min, 2020)
- Cure (2 min, 2020)
- Seraphim on the Go (2 min, 2021)
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ApocalypsisEric Leiser | 2018 | USA | 90'
Set in a parallel universe entering a black hole. A woman reading the book of Revelations has visions of the Apocalypse.
