4/1 Devon Damonte’s A Field Guide to the Endangered Experimental Motion Graphics (in-person)

BIOGRAPHY

Since 1989 Devon Damonte has made, taught, and shown handcrafted direct animation all over, including: REDCat Theater at Disney Hall in LA; New York Film Festival Views from the Avant Garde; Ottawa International Animation Festival; Pacific Film Archive at Berkeley Art Museum; Quickdraw Animation Society in Calgary; and McMurdo Station, Antarctica. He is featured in “The Animation Bible” by Maureen Furniss, and the forthcoming “Experimental Filmmaking: Break The Machine,” by Kathryn Ramey. Damonte is currently adjunct faculty at Evergreen State College in Olympia, WA teaching a summer visual music 16mm & 35mm direct animation intensive, he’s also a ringleader of the Crackpot Crafters collective, and he believes we are now all smack dab in the Golden Age of Adhesive Tape.

PROGRAM:

Auroroborous Washialis, 16mm sound

Dreamy mashup of my fixations with snakeskin and glitter washi tape

Catcycle – 3 min, 16mm silent
The righting reflex is explored via Marey’s sequences and exploded beyond the frames of reference materials.

Stalking the Wild Washi – 10-13 min, multi-projector: Begins with Carousel slide-show  w/narration & eye yoga exercises, then 16mm w/sound
A whirlwind AV cinesafari slide-film tour through the wild kingdoms of animal-printed graphic tapes, and beyond.

Buster Balls – 2 min, 16mm w/sound

Follicles from my now-dearly-departed kitty, plus a few blues from Peter Miller, made at Jo Dery’s 24-Hour-Moviemaking-Experiment, Dirt Palace, Olneyville, RI, June 2002.

The Artifacts of Life – 7 min, 16mm w/sound

A group film made entirely of parts left behind by formerly living plants and critters, created by the Crackpot Crafters – Caryn, Devon, Dory, Jason, Jim, Kelsey, Kevin, Linda, and Meesh in 2011.

To Lust for Lacecraft – 3 min, 16mm, silent

Because decorative polyethelene lace doilies are an endangered species too! Presented in loving memory of Kodak’s extinct #7363 hi-con film stock, may the world’s remaining supply roll-in-peace.

Aurouroborous: Lance & Helsing – 7-10 min, multiprojector: 16mm slotload w/ slide overlays, silent w/ acoustic ambient noises

Like the ancient ouroborous snake-eating-its-tail, like a continuous movie film loop, like supercharged electrical harmonies hovering above our atmosphere, like the light amongst us - bouncing, reflecting, bending, refracting, transmitting, absorbing.

Time Current Characteristics – 6 min, 16mm w/sound

Off the grids, out of the box, up on the wrack line is where the beachglass meets the light.

Starrlight Starrbright Starrshine – A Cecile Starr Tribute-in-progress (all are invited to make cinemaStarrs to add in) -2 min.

and more!

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