Peter Burr's Special Effectis a live video performance merging green screens, webcams, animation and original music by Lucky Dragons and Seabat, inspired by Andrei Tarkovsky's 1971 film Stalker and "The Zone," an off-limits place of hope and possibility rumored to make one's deepest desires come true.
18 short animations from underground video label Cartune Xprez were made by underground animators from across the globe.
“It’s hard to tell whether Burr has infiltrated television and is now pulling the strings, whether it has absorbed him, or somehow both. The implication is that he has collaged himself at once into television and into our heads, channeling our subconscious, co-opting our illusions."—OtherFilm Festival 2012 (Brisbane, Australia)
Contributors include James Duesing, Amy Lockhart, Yoshi Sodeoka, Billy Grant, Michael Bell-Smith, Ola Vasiljeva, Jacob Ciocci, Andrew Benson, Jeff Kriksciun, Chad VanGaalen, Philippe Blanchard, E*Rock, Luke Painter, Brandon Blommaert, Stu Hughes, Devin Flynn, Michael Robinson, Sabrina Ratté, and Brenna Murphy. Written by Peter Burr, Maya Lubinsky, and PFFR. Costumes by Diana Joy. Computer programming by Mike Heavers.
