A man tries to sit in a chair in an empty void, and that simple failure becomes unbearable to watch. The hand-drawn 16mm aesthetic, crow quill ink on paper, every line intentional, transforms what could be absurdist comedy into something closer to a portrait of futility itself. By the time you realize this is about more than furniture, the smallness of the struggle has already gotten inside you.

A solitary figure alone in an empty void has trouble with one simple act: sitting down in a chair. The short is a psychological drama built around that single effort. It was made as a 16mm animated film, drawn by hand on paper with a crow quill ink pen. It screened at festivals in 2000, including SXSW, Anima Mundi in Brazil and the Hawaii International Film Festival.