A postcard from an imploded society. Bringing mundane objects to life to interpret place through materials, The Grand Bizarre transcribes an experience of pattern, labor, and alien[-]nation[s]. A pattern parade in pop music pairs figure and landscape to trip through the topologies of codification. Following components, systems, and samples in a collage of textiles, tourism, language, and music, the film investigates recurring motifs and how their metamorphoses function within a global economy.

Interview with Director/Producer/Editor/Animator Jodie Mack

Watch The Grand Bizarre on Kanopy

Congratulations! Why did you make your film?

Sometimes you don't take the trip; the trip takes you.

Imagine I’m a member of the audience. Why should I watch this film?

For better or for worse, it's most likely unlike any film you've ever seen.

How do personal and universal themes work in your film?

I don't see a difference, and neither do my films.

Interview: March 2019

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The Grand Bizarre

Length: 1:00:45

Director: Jodie Mack

Producer: Jodie Mack

About the writer, director and producer:

JODIE MACK is an experimental animator who received her MFA in film, video, and new media from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2007. Combining the formal techniques and structures of abstract/absolute animation with those of cinematic genres, her handmade films use collage to explore the relationship between graphic cinema and storytelling, the tension between form and meaning. Musical documentary or stroboscopic archive: her films study domestic and recycled materials to illuminate the elements shared between fine-art abstraction and mass-produced graphic design. The works unleash the kinetic energy of overlooked and wasted objects and question the role of decoration in daily life.

Facebook: Jodie Mack

Instagram: @jodiemack

Website: www.jodiemack.com

Other: Vimeo

Where can I watch it next and in the coming month? San Francisco International Film Festival; CPH DOX