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SEATTLE’S EXPERIMENTAL ANIMATORS DISPLAY THEIR WORK AT INTER-ACTION

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Northwest Film Forum
The Seattle Experimental Animation Team (SEAT) is made up of 12 creative-minded individuals with a knack for realizing narratives in unusual and jarring ways. Their work will be shown next week at the Northwest Film Forum as a part of “Inter-Action,” an exploration of short animations that explore the action between each frame of motion as well as between each subject on screen. Animator Tess Martin, whose short film Plain Face debuted at SIFF last month (and will play again at “Inter-Action), presents the works of her SEAT cohorts like Britta Johnson (Two Dots), Drew Christie (The Man Who Shot the Man Who Shot Lincoln), Amanda Moore (Bridging Wounds) and Bruce Bickford (The Comic That Frenches Your Mind). Animation does not always mean a film is cute and cuddly; each short in the program addresses such topics as love, insanity, faith and murder. So think twice about bringing underage individuals to the screening.

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LOCAL ARTISTS PREMIERE NEW INSTALLMENT OF THE OPEN TOWN WALL ANIMATION PROJECT

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Wallrus: The Open Town
SEAT (Seattle Experimental Animation Team) in conjunction with Sound Transit, and with
support from the NW Film Forum present Wallrus: The Open Town, an eight part collaborative mural/animation installation created over four years on the surface of a Light Rail construction barrier in Seattle’s Cal Anderson Park. Tomorrow, March 10, at 6:00 pm, local animator Amanda Moore will begin her work on the huge plywood wall—which will see artistic contributions from seven animators and one school group collaborating over time—during Capitol Hill’s Art Walk. The spectacle is free and open to the public and will include a vaudeville showman, old time music not to mention the chance to catch some truly innovative Seattle artist at work. During her 6 month tenure on the wall, Moore will be re-imagining flamboyant characters from Seattle’s turbulent past including a contortionist, a disgraced police chief and a vaudeville tycoon. Check out the link for more on Wallrus.

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LOCAL ANIMATORS HOST FREE SCREENING OF NEW WORKS

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Blog 4 Culture
Join Seattle animators Tess Martin and Stefan Gruber next Saturday, December 11, at the Northwest Film Forum for a free screening of their new works! Martin will showcase Plain Face, her 10-minute stop-frame animated film about a stranger who arrives in a fantastical land only to be met with prejudice, violence and love in a journey through memory. Gruber will perform Psychic Portraiture, a live animation show in which he paints portraits of audience members with animated light on a stage arranged with a large canvas. While bantering with both the model and audience, Gruber will intuit psychic details and symbols from the life of his subject to shape the portrait. Both animators will be asking for feedback about their works from the audience, so come with a discerning eye and an open mind! For more details about the free screening, follow the link.

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CHECK OUT SEATTLE MAGAZINE’S PROFILE OF LOCAL ANIMATORS

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Seattle Magazine
In support of the Local Animation Showcase Seattle Magazine has profiled four local animators who are working hard at perfecting their craft. Featuring Tess Martin, Webster Cromwell, Britta Johnson, Clyde Petersen and Stefan Gruber the profiles explore their inspiration, techniques and future and current projects.

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