Mike Lyon

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1975 Mother, Mother

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1975 16mm Mother Mother (final but never completed) — gouache on paper cut-out animation of a recurring nightmare I had during childhood. About four months of long days and late nights. Only previous showing was a screening in my living room for director John Altman fall, 1975 — he said, “Keep up the good work! […]

1975 Paper Ducks

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1975 paper ducks — one or two hundred duck contours cut out of construction paper — holes animated first, then cut-outs. (1.5mb 0:00:17 silent)

1973 Sculpture Portfolio

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1973 Sculpture — final project at KCAI sculpture fall, 1973 to represent 3D work in 2D. I’d majored in sculpture at U of PA, but KCAI department was a shock and I didn’t ‘fit’ well. My instructor said the film was the most interesting work I’d done during the semester and gave me a “C”, […]

1972 Flying in Clouds

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1972 or 1973 Flying — experimenting with the moving clouds background. Ink on paper. (1.5mb 0:00:17 silent)

1968 Scratched Film

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1968 hand scratched and hand colored 8mm film — my least self-conscious conceptual work, I suppose. Made in an evening from developed but unexposed reel left over from narrative film that my fellow student, Bart Cohen, and I made for a project in English. I was 17 and just goofing around after a long night […]