Avant-garde clay animator Bruce Bickford is in Los Angeles this week and will be screening a number of his unreleased films on Tuesday, Aug. 26 at the Silent Movie Theatre on Fairfax in Hollywood. Kicking off at 8 p.m., the screening will include some of the artist’s teenage Super 8 experiments, as well as the 45-minute opus Cas’l, which will feature a live score by The Gaslamp Killer. Bickford will also perform one of his ‘blues raps’ with musical accompaniment by Gerry Fialka.
Bickford is best known for his collaborations with indie rocker Frank Zappa, which yielded such psychedelic ’70s productions as Dub Room Special, Baby Snakes and The Amazing Mr. Bickford. He branched out on his own in 1988 with the 28-minute psychedelic trip known as Prometheus’ Garden, and has continued to work as an independent artist. His life and work were recently explored in director Brett Ingram’s award-winning documentary Monster Road.
Prometheus’ Garden and Monster Road are both available on DVD from Bright Eye Pictures (www.brettingram.org) and retail for $22.95. Sales directly support Bickford in his struggle to continue creating films by modest means. Watch a clip form Prometheus’ Garden and the trailer for Monster Road on AniMagTV. Learn more about screenings at the Silent Movie Theater at www.silentmovietheatre.com/calendar/index.html.
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