Stop & Go screening at the Electric Works Gallery
using stop-motion techniques by visual artists and filmmakers

Kissing hats, elephants driving, a man who turns into the sun, and dinosaurs roaming the countryside rarely happen in real life, but at the stop-motion film screening called Stop & Go at the Electric Works Gallery in April, all of this will become ordinary. Established filmmakers and visual artists will use stop-motion techniques to tell stories, examine visual phenomena, and make political statements in a collection of short videos.

The Electric Works Gallery in San Francisco will host the Stop & Go screening on April 5th, 2008, with a show time of 8 p.m. The line-up of videos includes both local and international artists and is curated by Bay Area artist and animator Sarah Klein. Klein, who uses hand-drawn images and stop-motion animation in her own work, chose pieces that explore the possibilities of stop-motion processes. The animators breathe life into magazine cutouts, homemade drawings, everyday objects, and even the body itself. The result is a selection of videos that are humorous, poignant, and marvelous.

The complete list of artists includes Ignacio Alcantara, Tommy Becker, Lilli Carré, Meredith Holch, Sean Horchy, Stephanie Hutin, Lana Kim, Sarah Klein, Mike Leavitt, Michael McHam, Laurie O’Brian, Saelee Oh, Mel Prest, Clare Rojas, Judith Selby, SAF Cakovec Studio, Jen Stark, Melinda Stone, Claudia Tennyson, Sherri Wood, and Andrew Jeffery Wright

Screening Date: Saturday, April 5, 2008, 8 p.m.
$8-10 suggested donation, with no one turned away for lack of funds

Electric Works Gallery
130 Eighth Street
San Francisco, CA
(415) 626-5496
info@sfelectricworks.com

For further information, please contact:
Sarah Klein at (415) 310-4225 or thesarahklein@yahoo.com
Judith Selby at (415) 626-5496 or judith@sfelectricworks.com

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