An incredible collection of shorts made by twelve members of the Seattle Experimental Animation Team, these thought-provoking films reflect on love, insanity, faith and murder.

This selection was put together by animator Tess Martin, and the films explore the theme of "inter-actions" - action between each frame of motion as well as between each subject on screen.

+ EXCLUSIVE PRESENCE OF TESS MARTIN 

We are very proud to welcome the great Seattle animator Tess Martin, who will be coming from the US to introduce the night.

 

ABOUT THE SEATTLE EXPERIMENTAL ANIMATION TEAM (SEAT)

Seattle Experimental Animation Team (SEAT) are a loose coalition of animator/filmmakers based in Seattle, WA, USA whose mission is to be a nurturing force for the creation and dissemination of experimental animation.

They organize curated screenings, wacky social mixers, and crazy projects like animating on a giant wall.

They use a wide range of techniques to make films frame by frame, from classical hand-drawn to computer animation.

SEAT’s members make films independently, but group endeavors involve non-traditional screenings and interactive events such the Long Walk installation in Tolt-MacDonald Park in July 2011 and the ongoing WALLRUS installation/performance for Sound Transit in Cal Anderson Park.

Their growing collective of award-winning animators includes Webster Crowell, Stefan Gruber, Sarah Jane Lapp, Salise Hughes and Tess Martin. Bruce Bickford appears in this program as an honorary member of SEAT.

The SEAT website is www.experimentalanimation.org

 

FULL PROGRAMME:

 

Total running time: 74 mins

1. Britta Johnson, Two Dots, 4:39 (2009)

Marbles illustrate the subtle math of a relationship in this video made for Lusine's song 'Two Dots.' Marbles, dental floss and wax animated frame by frame.

2. Drew Christie, The Man Who Shot the Man Who Shot Lincoln, 5:15 (2010)

This is an animated interpretation of the strange and bizarre life of Boston Corbett, the man who killed John Wilkes Booth. Animated on the pages of 12 books with charcoal, pastel and crayon. Contains one instance of nudity and violence not suitable for a young audience.

Trailer here: http://www.vimeo.com/12541647

3. Aaron Wendel, Dwellings, 3:53 (2010)

Over time, two houses slowly destroy each other. Hand drawn on paper.

4. Tess Martin, Plain Face, 10:42 (2011)

In a fantastical land, a stranger arrives and is the subject of prejudice, violence and love. We follow her journey through memory as she decides whether to give up her heart. Paper and plastic cut-outs animated on a light-box. Contains one scary moment that may not be suitable for a young audience.

5. Amanda Moore, Bridging Wounds, 5:00 (2009)

A whimsical exploration of the lives of strangers told through silhouette puppet animation.

6. Davis Limbach, Loopforms, 5:03 (2010)

Loopforms is a dance of energy or spirit expressed in 'maximized loops'. A traditional narrative is omitted in favor of a sensual, emotionally affecting experience. Ink and pencil on paper.

7. Sarah Jane Lapp, Chronicles of a Professional Eulogist, 6:30 (from 26min film, 2009)

A eulogist in training interviews his mentor on the eve of war. India ink, wax and gouache on paper.

8. Clyde Petersen, The Dirty Street, 4:44, (2010)

A found footage film, recut, projected and rephotographed using the "Hipstamatic" app for IPhone one frame at a time. Music by Triumph of Lethargy Skinned Alive to Death. Footage: "Jealousy" - a Prelinger Archives film from the Series, Marriage for Moderns. (1954)

9. Webster Crowell, Parasol, 8:30 (2008)

Parasol is a short, quick revenge film about bicycles, dancing and speed; animated with pastels across the surface of a few thousand paper parasols.

10. Stefan Gruber, Both Worlds, 10:17 (2011)

In an Eden like garden, cartoon deities sit upon mountaintops ready to trade gardening tips about their mountainside utopias. Hand-animated in Flash.

11. Salise Hughes, Somewhere, 4:00 (2010)

Somewhere between a 1950s sock hop and the Wild West, a Technicolor and Black and White pair of lovers meet to belt out a tune from “West Side Story." Found footage manipulated frame by frame.

12. Bruce Bickford, The Comic That Frenches Your Mind, 5:28 (2008)

Bruce Bickford's latest complete pencil animation is a trip - this is your mind on eggs. Contains nudity and drug use.

 

This programme has toured around the US, and is now touring around Europe, including in Groningen, Amsterdam, Berlin and London (at the Horse Hospital).

Tickets: £5 / £3.50 (conc)