A girl with a hula hoop becomes a goldfish becomes the Earth itself. The ordinary and the extraordinary loop and transform in this playful take on the circle of life told in grains of sand.
Hula Hoop is a 1 minute short made with sand, originally conceived as part of a collective film made with six other Seattle animators in the exquisite corpse style, and called Exquisite Corpse. The seven of us pulled strips of paper our of a hat with a beginning and ending image. These images were predetermined to match up, so that the seven shorts could be forever looped. My two images were ‘Girl with a Hula Hoop’ and ‘Plate of Pasta’. This film was made for and premiered at a special event on March 1st, 2012 called Re-Animated. You can see my film above as well as a documentation video of the making of below.
Screenings:
I’m happy to say that my nine minute short They Look Right Through You has been accepted into the Animated Documentary category at Fest Anca International Animation Festival in Slovakia, June 27-30, 2013. This will be the International Premiere (the World Premiere is at SIFF right now)
I will also have two films in the Revelation Perth International Film Festival in Perth, Australia, July 4-14, 2013: The Whale Story and Hula Hoop.
Enjoy!
Lillian Nickerson of CityArts Magazine reviews the show last Thursday to which I contributed three animated shorts. Read the whole thing to see how Eamon Epsey and Lisa Krause’s puppet show went down (I loved it!), but check out this neat paragraph: “Up next was a series of animated short films from Seattle animator Tess Martin: [...]
I’m excited about the multi-artist event tomorrow night at Richard Hugo House, where I’ll be screening three films: Hula Hoop, The Whale Story, and Still Life (brand new film!). This also promises to be a great event for puppetry. Tickets are only $5 and it starts at 7PM! Maybe see you there?
I’m happy to announce that my latest short short Still Life will be premiering on Thursday, April 25th at 7PM at the Richard Hugo House. Come see it on the big screen alongside two other shorts, The Whale Story and Hula Hoop as well as other mind-blowing puppetry/comics performances from artists Erin Tanner, Tim Miller [...]
So many screenings coming up in the next two months! I will be in attendance at some of these, so stop by and say hello! Here are the details: The Whale Story, screening at CineVic Short Circuit Film Festival, Victoria, BC, April 19th, 7:30PM. The Whale Story, Hula Hoop, Still Life (World Premiere!) and more [...]
I’m happy to be involved in this excellent-looking event organized by cartoonist and Short Run festival co-founder Kelly Froh at the Richard Hugo House on April 25th. It’s called Ishi’s Brain, and will feature a shadow puppet show by Eamon Espey, adapted from his new graphic novel Songs Of The Abyss. I will be screening [...]
My animated short Hula Hoop is part of KTCS’ Reel NW program this season. It will be playing on TV as an interstitial between other Reel NW programming. Keep an eye out for it on KCTS9, or watch it online at http://kcts9.org/reel-nw/season3-shorts
Here is a summary of my screenings around the world in November. Note that the screening at the Imagine Science Film Festival in New York City changed from Nov 15 to 14: Tribute: – Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA at SPECTRE Film Series on Nov 10. The Whale Story: – Toronto, ON at the Regent [...]
Super excited about the Short Run small press fest happening tomorrow from 10:30AM to 5:30PM at the VERA project. The Seattle Experimental Animation Team will be screening some work in the animation room, specifically the Exquisite Corpse collective film, which includes my short film Hula Hoop. Other shorts by young women from Reel Grrls will [...]
Both of my short films The Whale Story and Hula Hoop will be screening at the 21st Annual St. Louis International Film Festival, November 8-18, 2012. Also, The Whale Story will also be screening at interfilm, the International Short Film Festival Berlin November 13-18, 2012. Super excited about this one – if only I could [...]