More Anxious Bodies explores intimacy, power, grief, and the body through the work of eight contemporary women animators: Terril Calder, Carla Melo Gampert, Laura Harrison, Jenny Jokela, Sawako Kabuki, Marie Larrivé, Yoriko Mizushiri, and Cassie Shao. Using watercolors, stop-motion puppetry, and multidimensional collage, these artists craft tales of body-snatching colonizers, ecstatic bird-women, shape-shifting daughters, and missing persons. Followed by a conversation with participating artists.

About the artists

Terril Calder is a Métis artist, born in Fort Frances and currently based in Toronto. Her work, which has screened globally, has been the subject of numerous exhibitions and retrospectives. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Ontario Arts Council’s K.M Hunter award for her work in Media Arts.
Carla Melo Gampert is a visual artist and animator based in Bogotá. Her work has screened at the Cannes Film Festival, the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, and Dok Leipzig, among others. In addition to her filmmaking, she also works as a curator and film programmer.

Laura Harrison (MFA 2016) makes experimental narrative animations about people living on the fringes of mainstream culture. Her films have screened internationally and she has garnered numerous awards, including, most recently, a fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.

Jenny Jokela is a Finnish animation director and illustrator based in London. She often explores themes of the body, sexuality, and trauma in her practice. Her work has screened internationally and she is the recipient of numerous awards including the 2018 Cristal Grand Prize from the Annecy International Animation Film Festival.

Sawako Kabuki is a Japanese illustrator and animator currently based in New York. She’s known for her distinctive hand-drawn graphic style and irreverent point of view. Her films have screened in festivals internationally and in campaigns for clients such as Google, Adult Swim, FX Network, MTV, Miyu Productions, GIF MAGAZINE, Quartz Japan, and Numéro TOKYO, among others.

Marie Larrivé is a painter and animator based in Paris. Her work has been exhibited at the Palais de Tokyo, Miyu Gallery, and the Bastille Design Center in Paris as well as film festivals around the world. She is the recipient of the 2019 Pierre-Gautier Delaye Prize.

Yoriko Mizushiri is a freelance film director based in Japan. Her films offer new perspectives on the body through movement, colors, and a focus on tiny gestures. She has received global acclaim for her approach, screening at the most important festivals for animation, including the Annecy International Animation Film Festival and Animafest Zagreb, among others.

Cassie Shao (BFA 2015) is an artist and animator based in Los Angeles. She works across the fields of independent films, television, music video, advertising, and special effects. Her films have been exhibited in museums, galleries, and international festivals.

Conversations at the Edge
Conversations at the Edge is an ongoing series of screenings, performances, and talks by groundbreaking media artists organized by the School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s Department of Film, Video, New Media, and Animation in partnership with Video Data Bank and the Gene Siskel Film Center.

Tickets
Tickets are free for SAIC students, $5 for SAIC/AIC faculty and staff, $8 students and seniors, and $13 for the general public. Unless otherwise noted, SAIC student tickets are released five days prior to showtime. Tickets must be picked up in person from the Gene Siskel Film Center box office. A student ID is required.

Accessibility
CATE events are presented with real-time captions (CART). The Gene Siskel Film Center is fully ADA accessible and its theaters are equipped with hearing loops. For other accessibility requests, please visit saic.edu/access or write cate@saic.edu.

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