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Melissa Ferrari
Documentary & Experimental Animation Filmmaker
Phantasmagoria Magic Lanternist
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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