Loom, The

A multiple-superimposition hand-painted visual symphony of animal life on earth. “The Loom” might be compared to musical quartet-form (as there are almost always four superimposed pictures); but the complexity of texture, multiplicity of tone, and the variety of inter-related rhythm suggest symphonic dimensions. The film is very inspired by George Melies: the animals exist (in Jane’s enclosure) as on a stage, their interrelationships edited to the disciplines of dance, so therefore one might say this hardly represents “animal life on earth”; but I would argue that this work at least epitomizes theatrical Nature, magical Creature, and is the outside limit, to date, of my art in that respect. (The balance-of-light was so perfectly realized in making collaborator in the accomplishment of this work). (SB) “‘The Loom’ uses multiples superimpositions (some meteorological, others fiery passages of hand-painted film) to transform a humble barnyard into a sensational phantom zoo.” – J. Hoberman, Village Voice