Applied Blobsquatchery

Crypto-Zoetropicalism, that strange survival from the B.B. (Before Blobsquatch) era, returns in the vidsonic saga Hidden Animals. Following theories that from animals to animation, if there are hidden animals like bigfeet, there are also hidden animations. These anomalous entities would surely consist of animation outside of traditional sequencing, inside of experimental practices.... including but not limited to: vjing, staged accidents, kinetic modification, scratch film and other ideas.

Hidden Animals: A Search For The Crypto-Zoetropical Yonder is a testament to the anomoulous audio-visual pursuits unfurled in this arena by yours truly in cahoots with sound artist Padna last year.

Test-run this Saturday at DIVA in company of grayscale slo-mo glitch hoppers INCITE of Hamburg, Germany! For the Official premiere, in Padna country, look forward to Thursday August 2nd at Monkeytown in Brooklyn, NY

In this instant replay of initial inquiries, and/or considering what we now know about the Blobsquatch, Crypto-Zoetropicalism might be better understood as Applied Blobsquatchery. We could break this down further into nooks and crannies of intent...

Rhythm from Wreckage: Call for Entry

Fall 2007: Call For Entry: The Crypto-Zoetropical Pursuit

Cryptozoology is the study of hidden, unknown or mystery animals like the Bigfoot and Loch Ness Monster. These creatures exist in an interstitial world between fact/fiction, stasis/movement. A hoax? an illusion, or something more mysterious? Moving on from animals to animation---if there are Bigfeet in our midst, what sorts of hidden, unknown, or mystery animations might abound?

Rhythm from Wreckage seeks collisions of technological and zoological unknowns! anomalous a/v entities outside of traditional animation…

What creatures of the “crypto-zoetropical” persuasion? or queries into cryptozoologistics? Perhaps missing links, non-sequitur sequencing, cine-mashups, recombinant forays into conspiratorial nooks and crannies of culture, glitchcraft, kinetic modification, scratch film, circuit-bent videographics, expanded machinima and/or the truly unknown unknowns of the technocultural imagination!!

Rhythm from Wreckage is looking for videos less than 10 minutes in length on DVD, MiniDV, 8/Hi8/Digital 8, VHS (NTSC only) or data DVDs (as a Quicktime movie file).

Submission Deadline (received by): October 10th 2007

Include with your submission a brief written description of the work, which includes media, year produced, duration, and country of origin. SASE required for tape return (Only U.S. mail will be returned). Otherwise, all submissions will be added to the Rhythm from Wreckage library for possible inclusion in future programs. Artists will be contacted for permission prior to having their work included in other programs. Unfortunately, Artist Fees cannot be paid at this time.

To be screened on the weekend of October 19th and 20th in honor of the 40th anniversary of that most curious sequence of cryptozoological fame--- the Bigfoot caught on film by Roger Patterson and Bob Gimlin in Bluff Creek, CA 1967!

Screenings will take place at Rererato Gallery in Portland and a LumpWest in Eugene Oregon.

Please contact Carl Diehl for more information at: carl DOT diehl AT gmail DOT com

Send Entries to:

Carl Diehl
632 NE Failing Street
Portland, OR 97212