Voyager Birdman

A dream on a long dark highway.

Voyager Birdman is a frame-by-frame experimental animation made from simple line drawings, rotoscoped video clips, and views of the highway filmed between Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Sounds of podcast voices, old radio programs, Nasa recordings and audio files sampled from those carried at this very moment by the Voyager space probes launched in the late 1970’s, merge with an unfolding stream of hand-drawn symbols, sketches, figures and fragmented views of the passing landscape. It attempts to capture the fleeting dynamics of thoughts, impulses and memories experienced on a long night’s drive - much like the virtual and untethered character of contemporary existence

  • Gerald Habarth
    Director
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Experimental
  • Runtime:
    5 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    October 1, 2022
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital animation
  • Aspect Ratio:
    1:1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • Athens ANIMFEST 2023
    Athens
    Greece
    March 16, 2023
  • Asheville Fringe Arts Festival
    Asheville
    United States
    March 20, 2023
  • Festival Internacional de cine y Multimedia
    Buenos Aires
    Argentina
    March 23, 2023
  • Ephemerality, Strata Gallery
    Santa Fe
    United States
    April 4, 2023
  • AltFF Alternative Film Festival
    Toronto
    Canada
    Award Nominee / Best Animation North America, Super Short Category
  • Unspooled Film and Animation Festival
    Menomonie
    United States
    May 13, 2023
  • MicoActs 15
    London
    United Kingdom
    July 27, 2023
  • Bogotá Experimental Film Festival
    Bogotá
    Colombia
    August 18, 2023
  • 2023 KinoDrome Festival
    Cleveland
    United States
    September 24, 2023
  • Mtn Craft Film Festival
    Clarksburg
    United States
    September 29, 2023
  • Mobile Animation Film Festival (Upcoming)
    Mobile
    United States
    October 14, 2023
Director Biography - Gerald Habarth

Gerald Habarth is an artist and animator currently serving as Associate Professor of Art at West Virginia University where he heads the Electronic Media program in the School of Art and Design. He holds an MFA degree from the University of South Florida and a BFA degree from Parsons School of Design. His works have screened at numerous national and international venues and festivals including the Tampa Museum of Art, the Huntington Museum of Art, the Festival Les Instants Vidéo and the Stuttgarter Filmwinter - Festival for Expanded Media. In 2010 he founded the West Virginia Mountaineer Short Film Festival. He currently resides on the outskirts of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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