17 Mar 1979
Asparagus
A symbolic reflection on issues of female sexuality, art and identity constructs.
A Hard Passage
"This hand-drawn animation is based on a short story by Hermann Hesse THE HARD PASSAGE. It was produced at Harvard's Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts 1980-81. The voice is my own and the sound score and recording is by Bob Stoloff. It won the award for best sound at the 5th World Festival of Animation in Zagreb, 1982." -D. Pies. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2013.
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