“Animated Urns” features sculptures and videos by October Artist-in-Residence James Bascara. The exhibition includes ceramic sculptures and stop motion animations exploring the mythic and supernatural through glyphic storytelling. The hand-thrown urns are accompanied by a series of videos that animate their static patterns using techniques reminiscent of early zoetrope and phenakistoscope devices.
"I reimagine mythic motifs and images through sculptures, paintings, moving images, and artists books that bridge inner and outer worlds. "
— James Bascara
“Animated Urn (“Scent”)”, 2026
“Animated Urn (“Shivers”)”, 2026
James Bascara is a multidisciplinary artist, animation filmmaker, and illustrator based in New York City. His works engage with painting, animation, ceramics, and book making, and have been exhibited internationally, with paintings and sculptures shown in exhibitions and events at EFA Project Space (New York, NY), Pioneer Works (Brooklyn, NY), and Blanc Gallery (Quezon City, PH); animations and videos presented at MoMA PS1 (Queens, NY), Slamdance Film Festival (Park City, UT, US), Centre Pompidou (Paris, FR), Fest Anča (Zilina, SK), and Cooperativ Werkraum (Berlin, DE); and book works can be found at Printed Matter and in the collections of the New York Public Library Print Collection and the Center for Book Arts.
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