Co-presented by Aurora Picture Show and the Menil Collection
Free Admission
NOTE: This is planned for outdoors on the main lawn, but in the case of inclement weather it will be presented inside the museum’s foyer

Drawing inspiration from artist Meret Oppenheim’s beautiful, multi-layered collage of the same name, Octopus’s Garden (1971), this program features short films that utilize cut-outs, collage, layering, and stop-motion animation. Assembling unlikely elements just as Oppenheim did, these films glimpse into uncanny and surreal worlds visualized through animation. Curated by Mary Magsamen, the program includes films by Barbara Hammer, Lawrence Jordan, Diana Cam Van Nguyen, Jeremy Rourke, Corrie Parks, Carrie Hawks, and others.
This screening is planned to take place on the museum's main lawn, but in the case of inclement weather, it will take place inside the museum. If outdoors, we encourage you to bring lawn chairs or blanktets, and Moon Rooster taco truck and Friohana Shaved Ice will be at the event for food and beverage. The museum's Merit Oppenheim exhibition will be open late, until 8pm, for those who would like to visit the exhibition before the screening.
This program is presented in conjunction with Meret Oppenheim: My Exhibition, the Swiss artist’s first major transatlantic retrospective, and the first in the U.S. in more than twenty-five years.

Above image: Origins of Hair by Carrie Hawks, 2019