When I met Guido he was living in a dorm room down the hall from mine. But back home, he did still have a childhood pet. Not an ordinary pet either. It was a zit. Yes, a skin pustule that he exploded into petri dish where it could live on and grow.

The zit's name was Fester, and its little dish-home stayed on the wall of his bedroom for years until its untimely demise at the hands of aggressive housekeeping.

So Fester, wherever you are in pet-zit heaven, this art film's for you: