Iridium Productions

All The Bulbous Accidents
animated poem, 2010

This is a collaboration with Sarah Pearlstein, in which I animated the imagery contained in her poem, All The Bulbous Accidents.  The music, Sensitive Data, was composed by Chris Korda.

This new version had its World Premiere at New Media Film Festival,  June 13th at the The Downtown Independent in Los Angeles.

The original All the Bulbous Accidents played on July 9th, 2009 at The Somerville Theatre as part of a week long film series sponsored by Reel Movement.

Read an interview on making this piece: Deciphering All the Bulbous Accidents on Beanywood

Watch the original version of All the Bulbous Accidents on IFC.com and tvguide.com as part of the IFC Media Lab Showcase

These are the first two parts in a series of four collaborative animations by Iridium Productions, Empire S.N.A.F.U. Restoration Project, and Setravision.   Parts 1 & 2 had their unofficial screen debut at the recent Boston Underground Film Festival.   All four animations were shown as part of the Empire S.N.A.F.U. Restoration Project installation at the recent Mobius ArtRages Benefit.   See all of the Symbiote’s antics at the upcoming Reelfest, running from May 28th to June 1st at The Somerville Theatre.

This is a re-creation of an animation originally created by the homeless visionary known as “S.N.A.F.U”.  Though S.N.A.F.U’s original films are missing, presumed destroyed, the articulated model of the Symbiote and many of the other oddities seen in the film, are the original relics assembled by S.N.A.F.U.  In the years since S.N.A.F.U’s death, The Empire S.N.A.F.U Restoration Project has labored in collaboration with like-minded individuals and organizations to bring S.N.A.F.U.’s legacy to the public.

This animated production is a joint venture with Iridium Productions and Setravision.

These Symbiote animations were staged, shot, and edited at the Iridium Productions studio.  Several objects and the projected artworks were employed from Juliet Schneider’s collection.

Setravision was formed in 1999 by  multimedia artist, designer and instructor Garabed Setrakian. In addition to his integral role as animator, technical consultant & post-production wizard,  Garabed made use of his Arabic influenced calligraphy to create the Symbiote title sigil.

Music on Parts 3 & 4 is by Birdorgan.

Artist:  Ad Frank & The Fast Easy Women
Director: Theodore Cormey
Production Design:  Juliet Schneider

Walden
performance video, 2010

Walden Pond State Reservation, Concord, MA

Director: Juliet Schneider
Choreographer/Dancer: Dorian Rose
Music:  Brian King
Assistant Editor:  Erin Gallagher

You can also watch Walden on IMDb, and YouTube

Walden was first conceived in 2002 and costumed in 2003.  It was shot at Walden Pond mostly during the summers of 2004 and 2005.

Here are a few of the original storyboards:

Here’s a photo of Dorian wearing the newly made costume in 2003: