A bitter animated joke about the frustration of being an artist in pay of the bureaucracy. A sculptor tries to impress officialdom with his most imaginative works, but does not make a hit - until the finale. The story is told with traditional animation, intercut with more experimental drawing to create geometric patterns. No narration, music and sound effects only.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
016418
Subject categories
Crafts & Visual Arts → Artists
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Bureaucracy
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)