The Art Army® has spawned to battle the utter stupidity, fear, and greed of really bad taste. Conceived in a bout of ambiguity over what art to make, ArtCard®Mike, as hs alter ego Super ArtMan, created the Army with subconscious instructions from art gods who eventually took form as Army members. As ArtCard®Mike's own art wasn't enough for the world's pain and ugliness, the Art Army® isn't enough to defeat its arch enemy: The MAN. The Army's guru soon spirals into the dark blue depths of sadness and bittersweet reminiscence. His art super heroes resort to guerilla tactics, and The MAN;s enldess existence is uunfazed by the Army's silly art showings, his looming everpresence threatening the future of The Art Army®.
PARTS 1, 2, and 3...
The Art Army® story unfolds in a series of stop-motion animated movie shorts. The elastic strand and ball and socket joint engineered articulation serves animation perfectly. The Art Army® MOVIE tells the creation myth of the Army's origin. The Art Army® vs. The MAN introduces the Army's evil nemesis. The third, unfinished part to these first two 7 minute shorts, METAPHORAMORPHOSIS: The Art Army®'S Sci-Fi Epic from Black to Blue, fully unravels The Art Army®'s grand and desperate confrontation with The MAN. Part 3 delves into ArtCard®Mike's long blue journey from his past, through The Art Army®, and into the future as an indigo chameleon adapting his skin to fit the pain and world he lives in. The Art Army® MOVIE and The Art Army® vs. The MAN are available in a DVD loaded with bonus features including Leavitt's live art portfolio and his selected abstract video works.
