Event Details
Date & Time:
Sat November 8, 2025
12 PM-5 PM
Location:
The Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Drive
Evanston, IL 60208
Audience:
Open to the public
Details:
2025 Eyeworks Experimental Animation Screening Series
The Block Museum of Art welcomes the 2025 Eyeworks Experimental Animation Screening Series for events on Saturday, November 8th.
Program 1 at 12:00 PM
Program 2 at 2:45 PM
About Eyeworks:
The Eyeworks Experimental Animation Screening Series is an annual festival focusing on experimental animation, with screening events in Chicago, LA, and NY 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 14th year, is to present works that celebrate animation as an experimental art form. Past Eyeworks guests with retrospective screenings have included David OReilly, Lori Damiano, Nancy Andrews, Caleb Wood, Takeshi Murata, Martin Arnold, Jacolby Satterwhite, Naoyuki Tsuji, Janie Geiser, Laura Harrison, Barry Doupé, Al Jarnow, and Yoriko Mizushiri. The 2025 Eyeworks guest is James J.A. Mercer, with a live slideshow performance and the world premiere of his new film Jason’s Story, made in collaboration with Yifan Jiang, at 2220 Arts + Archives in Los Angeles. Eyeworks is curated by Alexander Stewart and Lilli Carré, and is presented by Pioneer Works.
Program 1 at 12:00 PM
Lives of Firecrackers, Sandy Moore (Duration: 14’ / Year: 1979 / Format: 16mm / 16mm transferred to video)
Busy Bodies, Kate Renshaw-Lewis (Duration: 6’ / Year: 2025 / Format: Video)
Mother’s Child, Naomi Noir (Duration: 9’ / Year: 2024 / Format: Video)
Liquid Light & Its Quadrilateral Cage, Rodrigo Salcedo (Duration: 2’ / Year: 2006 / Format: Video)
The Graffiti, Ryo Orikasa (Duration: 12’ / Year: 2025 / Format: Video)
Help I’m Being Crushed to Death by a Black Rectangle, Carter Burwell (Duration: 3’ / Year: 1977 / Format: 16mm transferred to video)
And a Little For Me, Kathryn Roake (Duration: 6’ / Year: 2024 / Format: Video)
Luna Rossa, Priit and Olga Pärn (Duration: 32’ / Year: 2024 / Format: Video)
Total runtime: ~83 min
Program 2 at 2:45 PM
Skippy Peanut Butter Jars, Copper Frances Giloth (Duration: 4’ / Year: 1980 / Format: Video)
Mandala, Jordan Belson (Duration: 3’ / Year: 1953 / Format: 16mm transferred to video) Courtesy the Estate of Jordan Belson
Friends, Shopping, and Food, Michael Lopez (Duration: 14’ / Year:2025 / Format: Video)
Interview, Caroline Leaf & Veronika Soul (Duration: 13’ / Year: 1979 / Format: 35mm transferred to video)
Portales, Elena Duque (Duration: 16’ / Year: 2025 / Format: 16mm transferred to video)
Long Live Livia, Zach Dorn (Duration: 16’ / Year: 2025 / Format: Video)
Deluge, Meejin Hong (Duration: 12’ / Year: 2024 / Format: Video)
Total runtime: ~78 min
Festival curators Alexander Stewart and Lilli Carré in person.
RSVP RECOMMENDED: RSVP seating will be prioritized until 10 minutes before showtime, at which point seating will be open to all on a first-come first-served basis. RSVPs do not guarantee a seat; early arrival is recommended.
Door Time: Museum doors open at 11:30 AM, and seating will begin shortly after for the first program. The second program will begin seating around 2:15 PM.
Be aware, Eyeworks Festival of Experimental Animation is recommended for mature viewers.
Eyeworks 2025 artwork is by Susan Te Kahurangi King.