Event Info
Notable? Snippets by Scott Amos and Totem Pole Blues by Phil Osbourne.:
Notable? Snippets is a short stop-motion animated film made from archival photos...
10:00pm - 6:00am
Event Description
Notable? Snippets is a short stop-motion animated film made from archival photos explores the history of the City of Victoria, and questions the criteria that deems historical events record-worthy.
Totem Pole Blues
(from the artist) I took the guidelines of the project ,which is a tribute to 150 years of victoria and approached it in a stream of consciousness storytelling style.
We start with the city seal which morphs into queen Victoria melting into the coast of british columbia. From there ,things constantly morph into one another. As a nostalgic, i am more interested in "what was" than "what is" so i concentrated on animating with a native art influence for certain parts. A native bird turns into a totem pole which spits out a map of vancouver island and it's surrounding parts. Natives run from the approach of european colonization,steam engines blow their smoke and things are built from the ground up. A ghost with maple leaf pupils hangs over the new world. We move on to the present. Coffee cups are spilt,tattoos and yoga reigns supreme yet the newly weds become newly dead.
Phil Osbourne bio;
I have been making art all my life.I started doing it seriously in 2003 when i was 21 while working at SAW video in ottawa. I learned how to edit videos ,clay animation and grant writing. Since then i have been hard at work on animations and installations that are usually in the humor horror vein. I am very inspired by the things i grew up with such as Topps trading cards, comics, cartoons and 80s horror films. Nostalgia is a key word in my projects. My approach is usually d.i.y. and contains a "retro" esthetic. Primary colors, psychedelic effects and strange creatures are always recurring in my work. Simply creating for creation's sake is my mantra.
Scott Amos is an internationally screened, award winning filmmaker who works in both film and video, incorporating found footage and a range of media into his narrative work, including animation and experimental techniques. Recently, he has been working with stop-motion animation and microprocessor-based interactive installations. His work can be found online at www.oilyfilms.com.
Fri. August 3rd 2012
2516 Douglas St.
In-Person Event
