ASIFA- East is lucky to have not one, but TWO item donations from celebrated animator and artist Signe Baumane! An original painting! A great holiday gift to give to one of your walls or someone else’s! And an original cel from her film “Dentist!”
ASIFA- East is lucky to have not one, but TWO item donations from celebrated animator and artist Signe Baumane! An original painting! A great holiday gift to give to one of your walls or someone else’s! And an original cel from her film “Dentist!”
Article by Emmett Goodman. Latvian-born indie Signe Baumane has curated many animation screenings in New York, and always looks to put on not only a good show, but a very unique show. Her most recent show was certainly a unique experience, consisting of films and conversations between Signe and her ex-husband, who liked to cross-dress. First off, the event was held at the Gershwin Hotel in Manhattan, a very abstract and bohemian looking place. Everybody gathered in this common room with multiple chairs, long cushions, a couple of beanbags, and a large white wall subbing as a movie screen. With a color scheme of red shades and white, this room looked like it could have housed Andy Warhol and his superstars. Once we were all settled, Signe took to the stage and began discussing her belief in how a film can reveal some part of its author’s persona or psyche. Her second husband was an animator and filmmaker when they were married, and she tried to figure out something about him through his work when the marriage started to get shaky. Signe presented the film she watched over and over for answers, Honey Bunny (1992). This film is very...
This week I had the pleasure of chatting with Signe Baumane who sent along scans from the DOK International Leipzig Festival for documentary and animated catalog. This years program has a bright spotlight on some of New York’s animated favorites, a retrospective of Signe Baumane and master class with Bill Plympton. The Program also featured some big apple darlings; the Rauch Bros, Gary Lieb, Arthur Metcalf, Adam Ansorge, and recent west coast transplant Pes. Signe and Bill also had a great turn out for their own screening/show/competition Battle of the Sexes!! shown in Video HERE as well as the scans from the catalog of the Battle of the Sexes in Leipzig