An original 2008 screen print poster for the Chicago Short Film Brigade, a recurring showcase of local and international short films. Created by The Bird Machine (thebird machine.com), this vibrant multi-colour print features a chaotic menagerie of fantastical animals — including a large blue rhinoceros/bull, a pink ram-like creature, a green elephant, and a pink cockatoo — tumbling together beneath yellow ribbon banners spelling out ‘Chicago Short Film Brigade 2008.’ The top border reads ‘Art • Entertainment • Brevity,’ and the bottom carries the URL filmbrigade.com. The composition is rendered in a bold, energetic underground comics style with heavy crosshatching and expressive linework, printed on warm tan/kraft paper stock. This is a numbered limited edition print — number 415 out of 595 — hand-signed by the artist in pencil below the image. A white panel at lower right appears intentionally left blank, likely for event-specific scheduling information to be added locally. The poster represents a distinctive slice of mid-2000s Chicago indie film culture and is a fine example of the gig poster art movement applied to independent cinema promotion.
A small orange clip/clamp mark is visible at the top centre edge, suggesting the poster was hung for display or drying. No visible tears, folds, foxing, or tape residue evident from the photos. Overall condition appears very good.
