"Jodie Mack is a Chicago-based artist working in various forms of cut-out and stop-motion animation. Her films combine traditional feminine crafts with rhythmic editing and obsessive nuance to create a radical domesticity that is new to the film world. Mack received her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and in 2008 was the recipient of an Illinois Arts Council Media Arts Fellowship. She works with young filmmakers and spends her free time making pop-up cards and coordinating screenings and film festivals." -- Flavorpill, August 19, 2008. Read an Interview with Jodie Mack , ExTV blog, October 30, 2009. Animations by Jodie Mack:  2010 The Postcard Project 6-10m, 16mm, color, sound An animated document of a closing pop-culture postcard factory. Techniques: stop-motion animation
2009 Screensaver loop, DV, color, silent A maximum cycle. Techniques: cut out animation on overlaid transparencies.
2009 Twilight Spirit 4m45s, 16mmà DV, color, sound Desert hallucinations of David Morehouse Techniques: cut-out animation with underlit tissue paper and x-rays
2008 Yard Work is Hard Work 28m, 16mm, color, sound Part experimental animation, part romantic comedy, part light critique of capitalism, this musical follows a pair of newlyweds as they learn the perils of homeownership and life in general. Techniques: cut-out animation with recycled printed materials (magazines, catalogs, junkmail, etc.); object animation; DIY songwriting and recording
2007 Lilly 6m30, 16mm, color, silent Animated photo-negatives illustrate a WWII tragedy. Techniques: 2D stop motion-animation, direct animation, optical printing, color hand-processing
2006 Harlequin/Porch 5m, 16mm, color and b/w, silent A fabric night and a lacy day Techniques: fabric scanning, stop-motion animation, hand-processing
2006 Mannequins Harlequin 3m, 16mm->DV, color, sound A stroboscopic dance party Techniques: fabric scanning, still image compositing, stop-motion animation, digital blue screen compositing
2006 All Stars 24s, 16mm, color, silent A bite-sized star punch exercise Techniques: direct animation with colored acetate
2005 A Joy 3m, 16mm DV, color, sound Music video four Four-Tet’s “A Joy” Techniques: direct animation with colored acetate patterned contact paper, and ink
2004 Ebullition 2m, 16mm, color, silent Colors and bubbles move around. Techniques: direct animation with vegetable oil and ink
2003 Two-Hundred Feet 2m30s, 16mm, color silent Shapes shake nervously. Lines sway back and forth. The sun sets. Techniques: direct animation with ink and colored acetate |