Collective film made by the Seattle Experimental Animation Team. Segments are from, in order: Eric Ostrowski, Tess Martin, Charlie Daugherty, Timothy Firth, Tim Miller, Stefan Gruber & Aaron Wendel, Clyde Petersen and Salise Hughes. Based on the 1960 film The Little Shop of Horrors. The film premiered at Zeitgeist Coffee in Seattle, WA on April 4th, 2013 as part of the Pioneer Square Art Walk. For more info: experimentalanimation.org/category/collective-films/little-shop/

March 2014 Gallery 4Culture

This video documents the Seattle Experimental Animation Team's participation in the Long Walk art project in July 2011. They created animated films by the side of the trail as 50 people walked past, and then installed these and other shorts in barn also along the path. This is a precursor to an exciting Flying Cinema event. For more info: experimentalanimation.org/seat/seat/flying-cinema-seat

would you believe they put a band on the moon?

Our human experience is filled with well-told stories of potential, possible, connection with animals. One such story is that of a fisherman, who helped to free a female humpback whale from fishing nets off the coast of San Francisco, and seems to receive a look of thanks from her in return. These stories are repeated over and over to the point of becoming legends, because we will never know for sure. The mystery is what drives the yearning. This experimental film takes on this story by ‘performing’ it in a public park, on a large wall, and inviting the passing community to retell the story in their own words. This project was supported by the 4Culture organization in Seattle, USA, and has screened in venues around the world.

Watch the timelapse here: vimeo.com/32413369

Directed and Animated by:
Tess Martin

Additional Animators:
Webster Crowell, Stefan Gruber, Britta Johnson, Amanda Moore

Actor:
DK Pan

Music & Audio:
Spencer Thun

Interviewees:
Jenny Asarnow, Alec Deason, Emily Eagle, Marc Hobbs, Ilana Holmes, Britt Madsen, Tristan Parker, Anthony Sonnenberg

Volunteers:
Katie Durant-Storey, Alma Khasawnih, Shannon MacIntyre, Britt Madsen, Doug Mora, Houria Rollosson, Venus Volante

This story was originally heard in the Radiolab podcast 'Animal Minds' and was animated primarily over one weekend in Seattle's Cal Andersen Park

Made Possible by:
Sound Transit, 4Culture

San Francisco International Ocean Film Festival, San Francisco, CA, March 8, 2014 – WINNER, Short Film Award
l’Alternativa 2012 – 19th Barcelona Independent Film Festival, Barcelona, Spain, November 20-25, 2012 – WINNER, Hall Screen Lomography Prize
Couch Fest Films, worldwide, November 10, 2012 – WINNER, Best Rescue Story Award