Ted Wiggin’s ‘MIMT’ Is A Visually Rich And Conceptually Daring Minimalist Wonder

Ted Wiggin, one of animation’s more under-the-radar visionaries, returns with MIMT, an inventive and hypnotic narrative following a cat, a butterfly, and a snake.

This quiet, minimalist wonder — reminiscent of a peyote-fueled desert vision à la Homer Simpson — unfolds through imagery that refracts, reshapes, and dissolves into ever-shifting perspectives. It evokes a simultaneous sense of separation and unity; things pull apart, but never for long before they merge again. Visually rich and conceptually daring, MIMT exemplifies the boundless potential of animation, when we allow it to break free.

“MIMT, which is supposed to sound like ‘am I empty’ was inspired by the work of Polish filmmaker Julian Antonisz,” Wiggin says about the film. “I intended it to read as a fable, but with a meaning that’s just out of reach — without a prescriptive moral.”

Wiggin, a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, makes short films and software for animation. His software tools are freely available from his website. He lives in New York and works in compositing and motion graphics.