re:assemblage collective

― DIFFUSION 4: Frogs in the Frame ―

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Indoor Screening · Workshop
Saturday 08 August 2026 · 1:00pm workshop · 2:00pm screening
Gallery 44; 401 Richmond Street W., Suite 120, Tkaronto

Entrance by donation at the door

Wheelchair accessible venue

This program brings together films where forests become musical landscapes, butterfly wings become moving paintings, and everyday moments reveal new patterns and possibilities. Through animation, collage, drawing, and playful experimentation, these works invite us to look closely at the world around us and to discover unexpected stories hidden in small things. The afternoon begins with Cinema of Wonders, a workshop where children and families create their own tiny artworks and see them transformed into moving images during a special final projection.

Cinema of Wonders (Workshop) · Francisca Duran Animals Moving to the Sound of Drums · Jonathan Schwartz Fairy · Colectivo Los Ingrávidos Squint your eyes to get a better picture · Jonathan Kan Balablok · Bretislav Pojar Composing Motion · Hallie Bahn Neighbours (Voisins) · Norman McLaren Welcome Strawberry - The Stream Guides Me Along · Alice Cohen

Squint your eyes to get a better picture (目不暇給)

Directed by Jonathan Kan
Hong Kong · 2025 · 4'00 · HD Video

A hand-drawn charcoal animation about noticing the little things we see every day. As we walk through the city, our attention jumps from phones and friends to cars, lights, and passersby. Using repeating drawings, the film transforms these everyday moments into playful patterns, inviting viewers to slow down and look more closely at the world around them.

Jonathan Kan (b. 1997) is an experimental animation filmmaker and visual artist whose practice drifts through the porous boundaries of experimental animation and new media. Shaped by lived experience and the ever-changing landscape of his city, Kan primarily works with time-based media to explore the concept of ephemerality—telling stories from a non-linear perspective. He abstracts context into layers of feeling, inviting viewers to connect not through narrative, but through presence. His work employs rhythm, layered repetition, and textured frames to capture the fragmentation of memory and the nuanced bodily experience. His MFA graduation short film Squint Your Eyes to Get a Better Picture (2025)—a frame-by-frame charcoal animation—has been screened internationally in Hong Kong, Berlin, London, and Iceland. Kan received his BA in Animation from the University of the Arts London, London College of Communication, in 2019. In 2025, he completed his Master’s degree in Creative Media at the School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong. He currently lives and works in Hong Kong.