Glimpse

An experimental nine-minute animated short using stop-motion photography, Glimpse started as a study of the life of artist and painter Willem de Kooning. It evolved into a stream-of-consciousness narrative concerning freedom from imprisonment and the impermanence of life. Drawing on top of slate from deserted schoolhouses, the artist used hard pastels to create a dark, uncertain world—sometimes concrete, sometimes abstract. With the camera set up with a timer on 60-second intervals, the artist hand drew the 4,500 stills necessary to complete the nine-month project.

Director: Dustin Grella