This brief survey of recent experimental animation features films by both new and established local film artists who continue the long Bay Area tradition of bold experimentation and cinematic risk-taking as they continue to redefine how we think of moving-image animation. These filmmakers defy medium and genre boundaries—whether using the artisanal hand markings of a paintbrush or high-tech computer-generated imagery. The program zigs and zags from pixelated, live-action documentary to abstract hallucinations. Other films use found objects and images, and even hand-built bamboo huts. All explore multiple geographies past, present, and future—ranging from sixteenth-century poets in Rajasthan, India, to present-day Mission District underground filmmakers. Music and sound composition are as important as image, with the creation of original soundscapes, songs, and performances. Each film is a unique and colorful song of transformation and metamorphosis, reflecting the excitement of a world in constant motion.

— Jeffrey Skoller