We Can Love It Together: Creativity Explored Short Film Fest

Creativity Explored's short film festival makes a strong case for seeing animation as an art form with plenty of room for weirdness, humor and personal vision. The evening gathers films made by Creativity Explored artists over the past two decades, so the program has the appeal of an archive without feeling like a retrospective. Ade Lewis, Andrew Bixler, Elana Cooper, Samedi Djeimguero and Zachary Adams are among the artists represented, with their work moving through fantastical worlds and unexpected adventures. What makes the screening especially worthwhile is the chance to encounter these artists' work in a different medium, with the moving image giving their ideas a new kind of freedom. It is also a useful reminder that accessibility and artistic ambition are not competing concerns. For an evening at YBCA, this is a refreshingly focused way to spend two hours with work that deserves a wider audience.