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arts SHORTS Animation in the House The award-winning work of Colorado-based fi lmmaker Stacey Steers comprises thousands of handmade paper cuttings, collages and individually painted drawings. It can take Steers years to create the artwork seen in her animated fi lms, which average about eight individual images per second of animation. And now, in an even more painstaking and detail-oriented feat of artistry, Steers has created an installation piece to highlight her dark, surreal 2011 fl ick, Night Hunter. Night Hunter is a provocative, weird and beautiful piece of animated cinema that is aesthetically similar to Salvador Dali’s famous Un Chien Andalou, though not as disturbing. Silent fi lm star Lillian Gish is appropriated and pulled through a series of dreamlike events that drip with cryptic imagery — corn stalks growing from dresser drawers, plates of writhing earthworms, blood, moths, zero dialogue — Steer’s installation does her fi lm justice. The “Night Hunter House” is a creepy-looking, Victorian-style dollhouse with ten separate rooms. Each little room is furnished, and contains objects related to Steers’ eerie and bizarre movie — things like bird eggs and moth specimens accompany tiny TV screens broadcasting clips from Night Hunter. The fi lm in its entirety will also be shown in the new Artist Project Space gallery at the Schnitzer, which is where the Night Hunter House can be experienced. This exhibit will run through June 19, at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art; $5, $3 senior, 18 and under FREE. — Dante Zuñiga-West VERY LITTLE THEATRE TheVLT.com Opening Reception 'SJEBZ "QSJMtoQNt'3&& COMPLETELY HOLLYWOOD (ABRIDGED) By Reed Martin & Austin Tichenor Directed by Adam Leonard RUSSEL WONG The Big Picture 1\Z[^OLU`V\[OV\NO[P[^HZZHML[VNV IHJRPU[OL[OLH[LY;OPZaHU`JVTLK` [HRLZJSPJOtZMYVTULHYS`L]LY`TV]PL L]LYTHKLHUKJVUKLUZLZ[OLTPU[V [^VZPKLZWSP[[PUNOV\YZVMM\U "SUJTUT5BML3VTTFM8POH 4BUVSEBZ "QSJM QN Russel Wong (Singaporean, born 1961). Jackie Chan, Hong Kong, 2000. Silver gelatin print, 18 x 18 inches. Courtesy of the Artist April 20-22*, 26-29* in Stage Left Curtain at 8 pm 2 pm for *Sunday Matinees Tickets: $10 Gen. Admission )V_VɉJLVWLU!>LK¶:H[ /PS`HYK:[ 541-344-7751 VISIONS OF THE ORIENT Visit us on Facebook at facebook.com/TheVLT Western Women Artists in Asia, 1900-1940 Elizabeth Keith (American, 1887–1956). Japanese Carpenter, circa 1936. Woodblock print on paper, 14 ½ x 9 ½ inches. Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art Asian Food Market Largest Selection of Asian Groceries Seaweed, rice, noodles, frozen products, deli, snacks, drinks, sauces, spices, produce, housewares, and more. STACEY STEERS Night Hunter House Stacey Steers (American, born 1954). Night Hunter, 2011. Courtesy of the artist We carry groceries from Holland, India, Pakistan and Polynesia Sushi & Asian deli take-out SHOPPING CENTER 29TH AVENUE 5 OAK STREET WoodÀ eld Station WILLAMETTE STREET The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art celebrates the opening of our spring exhibitions and the Cinema Pacific film festival with a free reception featuring artists Stacey Steers and Russel Wong. Sunrise www.sunriseasianfood.com KTNBVPSFHPOFEVt M-Th 9am-7pm•F 9am-8pm•Sa 9am-7pm•Su 10am-6pm EO/AA/ADA institution committed to cultural diversity 70 W. 29th Ave. Eugene • 541-343-3295 WWW.EUGENEWEEKLY.COM • BLOGS.EUGENEWEEKLY.COM EUGENE WEEKLY APRIL 19, 2012 27
