Labyrinth

Patrick Jenkins

Mar 12 2010 - Apr 24 2010

Opening:

Friday, March 12, 2010 - 7:00pm - 10:00pm

After being given an enigmatic locket to protect, a detective encounters strange phenomena and beings from the afterlife in this surrealistic film noir story.

Labyrinth is a time based art piece that plays with the traditions of surrealist cinema and film noir, and whose imagery and animation technique refer to the practice of painting. In the film a detective, after being given an enigmatic locket to protect, encounters strange phenomena and beings from the afterlife.

The film was created using the paint on glass animation technique wherein a painting was created under the animation camera using gouache and glycerin. Then a picture was taken with a digital animation camera, and the painting was altered by erasing and adding paint, and re-photographed over and over again.

Artist Bio:

Patrick Jenkins is an artist, animator and documentary filmmaker. His most recent film "Inner View” is an animated homage to the art of Canadian artist Kazuo Nakamura. His previous film "Labyrinth" (2008) is a surreal detective story done using the paint on glass animation technique. It has been shown at festivals around the world and won 1st place in the Independent Category, at the Kalamazoo Animation Festival International 2009 and is included in the DVD "Best of the 2009 London International Animation Festival". His documentaries, "Of Lines And Men: The Animation Of Jonathan Amitay" and "Death Is In Trouble Now: The Sculptures Of Mark Adair" premiered on BRAVO! Television in October 2007. His film “The Skateboarder” premiered at the 2005 Montreal World Film Festival and was shown at the 2005 Ottawa International Animation Festival and the prestigious 2006 Annecy Animation Festival in Annecy, France. His stop motion animated film “Man Versus Geometry” premiered at the 2004 Ottawa International Animation Festival and was also shown at the 2005 Annecy Animation Festival in Annecy, France. His documentary film "RALPH: Coffee, Jazz and Poetry, The Poetry of Ralph Alfonso" premiered at the 2001 Montreal World Film Festival and was broadcast on CBC Television's Canadian Reflections and BRAVO! Television.

http://www.interlog.com/~pjenkins/televisionwork.html