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An insightful look into one of the most powerful and commanding kitchen appliances ever designed: The Electric Can Opener. An examination of “can versus machine” with a predictable outcome, The Magic Hostess is a highly stylized portrait of domesticated technology. Music by Matt McCormick. Hand model: Amy Rose.
Screening HighLights
• Grand Prize, Jutro Film 2005, Warsaw
• 3rd Place, Aurora Picture Show’s Extremely Shorts #8
• Chicago Underground Film Festival
• Dallas Video Festival
• New York Underground Film Festival
• 22nd International Short Film Festival Hamburg
• Revolution Perth International Film Festival
Notes
Novice Robots is a collection of short movies concerning household appliances and machines that are often overlooked in our day-to-day lives. This project began as a photography exercise but has grown into a study of industrial design and a lesson in capturing color, texture, and mechanics of industrial objects. Mixing specialized soundscapes and creatively photographed machine aesthetics, these movies bring objects alive in both an artistic and humanization form.