Linear Dreams by Richard Reeves

Richard Reeves creates animations by drawing both sound and image directly onto motion picture film and has produced award-winning films that have screened around the world. He is a kinetic film scratcher, visual music maker, animated traveler of time and space, light-sensitive spinner of zoetropes, looper of loops, and a collector of projection bulbs to bring total enlightenment.

His early short films investigated different animation techniques and styles of music for the soundtracks. He experimented with flicker, finding an appreciable connection between the visual intensity of alternating frames, and the sonic impact of punk music. His explorations with cameraless animation took shape in the early 1990s, leading to a mastery of drawing and scratching of not only the image but a finely detailed synthetic soundtrack, on his breakthrough film Linear Dreams (1997). This was followed up by the equally accomplished Sea Song (1998), and an appearance on the Channel 4 animation series Dope Sheet, bringing him to the attention of viewers and filmmakers in the UK. Since then he has made over a dozen animated short films which have been internationally recognised with awards.

He is an honourary member of the Quickdraw Animation Society and previously worked at QAS as Film Production Coordinator. He mentored at the Gulf Islands Film and Television School for 10 years and taught animation courses across Canada, Europe and South America.

All tracks written and produced by Richard Reeves.
Artwork taken from 'Linear Dreams' by Richard Reeves.
Compiled and designed by Steven McInerney.
Lacquer cut by Henry Rudkins at Pitchcraft.
Portrait photography by Timo Viljakainen.
Studio photography by Darlene Amendt.
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