Head Space 2015

1h 6min Directors: Signe Baumane, Lyla Ribot, Amy Lockhart, Claire Van Ryzin, Lisa Crafts, Faye Kahn, Wendy Zhao, Sally Cruikshank, Celeste Lai, Penelope Gazin, Leah Shore, Peyton Skyler, Barbara Benes

Spectacle is proud to present HEAD SPACE, a showcase of animated works exploring dimensions both interior and outlying. Featuring an extremely talented and creative group working in a diverse array of styles, the shorts wander through strange and sometimes sketchy landscapes, including alternate-universe appliance stores, the ramblings of Charles Manson, environmental catastrophes in the Dutch style of painting, and a houseplant’s musings. Some, like Sally Cruikshank’s Make Me Psychic, are established classics; others feature newer animators working in looping GIF format, presented away from the small screen’s momentary pleasures to fully appreciate the art that it is. Occasionally gross, often beautiful, and always interesting, HEAD SPACE is a sampler of the thoughts happening inside and out of each frame.