International Flipbook Festival 2006

Opening reception Fri., Dec. 15, 6:30-11 p.m., runs through Dec. 29, Space 1026.

by Will Dean

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Published: Dec 13, 2006

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Andrew Jeffrey Wright always wanted to host a film festival, but as more events started switching from film to digital video, he decided to outdo everyone. "I thought, 'Why not go really low-tech, with flipbooks?'" says Wright.

Returning after a two-year hiatus, the festival includes more than 100 flipbooks collected in Philly, New York, and Sunderland (in England, hence the international).

Submissions are divided into four categories: live action, animation, experimental and documentary. The medium seems to favor the absurd: Jodi Rice takes a skewed look at race and food with her live-action "What's Shaking Quarter Asian Bacon," which features her dancing around with bacon on her ass.

Others are more serious, like Bruce Busby's rumination on the spark behind all art, conveyed through the abstract pencil drawings of "Creativity Impairment Plume #080706."

Each category gets a separate bookshelf in the gallery so, unlike a film festival, viewers stand a good chance of actually seeing everything in one night.

Opening reception Fri., Dec. 15, 6:30-11 p.m., runs through Dec. 29, Space 1026, 1026 Arch St., 2nd floor, 215-574-7630, www.space1026.com.

 

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