Film by Kathy Rose. 1971/1972

Directed by Kathy Rose.

The bizarre adventures of the cartoon character Foska, drawn by 22 animators working in collaboration. Each animator worked on his or her own sequence only and did not know what action preceded or followed his or her sequence, except that the first drawing of a sequence is the last drawing from the previous sequence. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2010.

Part Fantastic Voyage, part celebration of my younger self, this is a finely crafted jewel in which I am looking for those who are not immune to splendor. Reality is both harsh and wondrous. I am trying to circumvent it all.

A poetic vision of the self and the moon, carpeted with voices; a ritual of the mind.

"In a charming fantasy about the art of aimation, each character has a unique personality. Kathy is even invited to join her characters in ther cartoon world, thus adding another playful dimension to the theme of the relationship of an artist to her materials." - WorldCat

Rose’s mesmerizing encounter with a variety of orchid beings and her own unstoppable imagination.

To a sound-track of fun-house screams and cackles, Mirror People, a tribe of Halloween hallucinations, fuse into each other and get absorbed into their reflections and their environments in a universe where all is flux and nothing is stable, except for the constant delights of metamorphosis. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2008.

Early black and white live action portrait film by Kathy Rose.

Animated film by Kathy Rose