Animal Collective: ODDSAC Screenings

MEMBERS OF BAND AND DIRECTOR TO DO Q&A AT ALL SCREENINGS

ODDSAC is a feature film collaboration between the band Animal Collective and filmmaker Danny Perez. The film was co-conceived by and stars Animal Collective. ODDSAC is a dense, surreal layering of audio and visual elements that eschews conventional narrative to create a visceral, immersive experience. The DVD is set for a June 29 release but there will be select screenings in April (see dates below).

ODDSAC features an original score with new songs from the band and complex digital manipulation by Perez, a debut filmmaker and visual artist known for his concert projections with musicians such as Black Dice and Panda Bear. ODDSAC represents a new synthesis of music and film, "a visual album" whose songs will not be released in any other form. ODDSAC is the result of over four years of intense collaboration between Perez and the band. "It was meant to be an open-ended operation of audio-video synthesis, the passing back and forth of visuals and sound so that each would inform the other and create an organic structure," said Perez.