The Eyeworks Experimental Animation Screening Series is an annual festival focusing on experimental animation, with screening events in Chicago, LA, and NYC each fall. Eyeworks spotlights works made by individual artists, drawing on the tradition of classic cartoon animation and the lineages of avant-garde and underground cinema. The aim of Eyeworks, now in its 15th year, is to present works that celebrate animation as an experimental art form. Past Eyeworks guests with retrospective screenings are David OReilly, Lori Damiano, Nancy Andrews, Caleb Wood, Takeshi Murata, Martin Arnold, Jacolby Satterwhite, Naoyuki Tsuji, Janie Geiser, Laura Harrison, Barry Doupé, Al Jarnow, Yoriko Mizushiri, and James J.A. Mercer. The 2026 Eyeworks guests are Shana Moulton in LA and Chris Sullivan in NYC. Eyeworks is curated by Alexander Stewart and Lilli Carré, and is presented by Pioneer Works.
Festival curators Alexander Stewart and Lilli Carré in person!
eyeworksfestival@gmail.com
https://www.eyeworksfestival.com/
Cost: Free
Block Museum of Art
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