/6 min. / Animation
/2004 / UK
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Everyone who goes to work has been late at least on one occasion during their working life. What if the building or factory, garage etc. was not there when you turned up for work because it too, had overslept!?

Lester Magoogan, an artist with Down syndrome created these playful drawings and stories, which his father, Wesley, animated.

Lester is a prolific artist who sometimes produces up to two hundred line drawings a week. The animations are surprising and surreal. Watching them is like allowing your brain a quick break from usual, mundane activity. They succeed because Lester has a unique perspective on the world and a magnificent sense of humour. His approach is minimalist: simple drawings on a white background with a thumping soundtrack that catches the ear as much as his animations catch the eye. The effect is to magnify the real world a hundred times. The joy is that they are not forced or pretentious, but entirely spontaneous. It's almost impossible to watch the characters without an enormous grin on your face.

Lester Magoogan - artist

Lester has a very gifted talent for drawing.
He was at the ‘Tate Modern’ twice in 2004.
The BBC has filmed him 3 times about his work.
Lester enjoys successful exhibitions in London and around the UK.
He is 22 and currently in full-time 'supported education side' at Hastings College.
Lester made his animated film in order to, "see my pictures come to life, plus adding my different voices and music".

Wesley Magoogan - animator

The following video, made by Lester Magoogan, is also being screened at the 2005 Sprout Film Festival:

1st Animations
Saturday Program 1 (12:00PM - 1:30PM)
Sunday Program 2 (2:30PM - 4:00PM)