Bridget Riversmith’s Birds At Night (Might Fall)
Wednesday, January 7th, 2009
Over a year ago, when I was curating the show Moving Through Medium (six emerging artists animate for the first time) at the Moreau Art Galleries, I was fortunate to work with artist Bridget Riversmith in a sort of whirlwind pre-exhibit animation residency. Armed with a soundtrack courtesy of Bill Reichelt and Cheer Up Poems, Bridget left her home and studio in Duluth, Minnesota to join me for two weeks in Chicago. Her process was rigorous and inventive, and it was an honor to work with her.
I was looking over Bridget’s fantastic website the other day when I came across this page devoted to the animation. Here Bridget outlines sections describing the piece: synopsis, credits, technique, stills, director biography, festivals, and reviews. With detailed notes on the production of the piece (including an original storyboard image), she brought me so much into the process of making her work that I started having substantially sharpened memories of our summer residency.
(Visit the great Lisa Leighton’s site to see the original image we used in our announcement above.)
