Creative Capital

Glenda Wharton The Zo

Discipline
Film/Video
Medium
Experimental
Subject

Mythology

Narrative
State
North Carolina
Year
2005
Status
Touring

Description

The Zo is a hand-drawn animation that uses experimental fine art techniques. The film follows an abused girl who is kept in a nightmare house by a monster known as the Zo–an anthropomorphic representation of an abusive parent. With the help of an imaginary friend, the girl escapes from the Zo’s house into a magic house of her own invention. Thousands of drawings create this dark Wonderland of lyrical beauty.

Glenda Wharton

Glenda Wharton’s animation and visual artwork has been presented at the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, The Los Angeles Asian and Pacific Film…
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Project Updates

2010: Wharton presents installation of The Zo film with 500 hand-drawn animation cels at the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art in Winston-Salem, NC
2010: The Zo screens at Museum of Modern Art as part of Creative Capital film festival
2010: The Zo premieres at Sundance Film Festival as part of the Short Films program