Travelling Eye of the Blue Cat, The

“The Travelling Eye of the Blue Cat” is a 16-minute, 35mm photo-collage animation . Using a surreal fairytale style, the film combines music and animation to tell the story of a girl awoken one morning by a mysterious seagull, which crashes against her bedroom window. Following the bird into an abandoned garden, the girl discovers the edge of the world. Perched on this edge is a single tree bearing a tangy red fruit, guarded by raucous birds. When the girl scares off the birds, and takes a bite of the fruit, she catapults herself into a startling, violent and extended metamorphosis orchestrated by the birds themselves. Funded by the Jerome Foundation and The New York Foundation for the Arts.