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Melissa Ferrari

Documentary & Experimental Animation Filmmaker

Phantasmagoria Magic Lanternist

Creature Replacement Head Geared Slide

pope lick monster

chromatrope

Winged Death Head

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Magic Lantern Slides

Handmade magic lantern slides.

Hand-drawn images [pastel printed on film & ink on acrylic]

Mechanical components designed in Adobe Illustrator based on antique magic lantern slide mechanisms, laser cut in birch plywood or walnut.

Select Magic Lantern Performances:

Hauser & Wirth | Los Angeles, CA | June 2019

Ann Arbor Film Festival | Saint Victoria's Incorruptible Body | Ann Arbor, MI | 2019

Automata L.A. | Dissolving Sights | Los Angeles, CA | 2018 & 2019

Heritage Square Museum | Phantasmagoria Show | Los Angeles, CA | 2018 & 2020

San Diego Underground Film Festival | San Diego, CA | 2018 & 2019

MULTI CULT at The Lyric Hyperion | Saint Victoria's Incorruptible Body | Los Angeles, CA | 2018

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