Artbreak MTV Networks Inc (1987)

1987 30 sec color sound Produced for an Artbreak segment on MTV Network this dynamic thirtysecond spot presents an abbreviated history of animation according to the representation of women from the cell imagery of Max Fleischers Out of the Inkwell series to the contemporary digital effects of television In Birnbaums vision Fleischers spilled inkwell releases cartoon bubbles containing images of women from MTV music videos With wit and panache Birnbaum reverses the traditional sexual roles of the producer and product of commercial imagery The final image is that of a female artist on whose video palette we see a glimpse of Fleischer