fridays are for film clips

Apparently body parts make good movies!  

Unfortunately I couldn't make it to the event at the Museum of Contemporary Photography (I was figure drawing at the Smart Museum instead) but Mom pointed me toward the great animated films of Jiri Trnka, and I really enjoyed this 15-minute piece called "The Hand," which is at times light and lively, and at times deeply troubling and foreboding.  Very impressive, and thoroughly enjoyable.  

And don't forget Part 2:

And, in a continuation from my William Kentridge infatuation, check out the great preview of his opera The Nose.  

More about it, including an interview with Kentridge, on the Met's website here.