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This short recording documents a work-in-progress sequence by Montreal filmmaker Alex Boya, known for experimental animation projects at the National Film Board of Canada (NFB). The scene shows an evolving window structure opening into a distorted city space, combining unfinished sketches, textured surfaces, and layered details that point to the gradual development of the artwork.

The fragment emphasizes the process of construction—lines, shading, and mechanical forms coexisting with organic traces. Rather than presenting a completed piece, it reveals the draft stage of animation, highlighting how imagery is built step by step. This approach aligns with traditions of studio practice documentation, offering a behind-the-scenes look at how surreal imagery takes shape before entering the festival or gallery circuit.

In this stage, the work resonates with Eastern European surrealist animation practices (Jan Švankmajer, Piotr Dumała) while also connecting to contemporary experimental labs like MUTEK Montréal and Hub Montréal, where process and prototyping are central to creation. The unfinished look underscores the raw energy of workshopping ideas—where architecture, body, and dream overlap without yet being fixed into final form.

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