Find out what’s on the minds of the students from The University of San Francisco. Tonight’s screening will feature a wild night of digital mini-masterpieces and showcases works from our Advanced Narrative and Motion Graphics courses. You’ll see genre-busting narratives and stylish graphic emissions. The fun starts at 7:00 pm. There will be snacks
Doors 7:00, Films 7:30
Torrey Pines is a stop-motion animated feature film by director Clyde Petersen. Based on a true story, the film is a queer punk coming-of-age tale, taking place in Southern California in the early 1990’s. North American Tour with a LIVE score by Your Heart Breaks. Catch it at Periwinkle Cinema December 8th!
Raised by a schizophrenic single mother, Petersen’s life story unfolds in a series of baffling and hallucinated events. With a mother fueled by hallucinations of political conspiracy and family dysfunction, twelve-year-old Petersen is taken on a cross-country adventure that will forever alter the family as they know it.
Clyde Petersen is a Seattle based artist, working in film, animation, music, installation and fabulous spectacle. He is a member of the transgender and queer communities in Seattle. He travels the world with his punk band Your Heart Breaks and hosts a TV show in a small handmade boat in the Washington Park Arboretum. Boating with Clyde features artists from around the world, performing on the waterways of Seattle and can be seen online. Past projects also include the 90-minute multimedia show Gender Failure with Rae Spoon and Ivan Coyote.
His work has been featured around the world at the London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, SXSW, the Henry Art Gallery, the Walker Art Gallery, Portland State University, Western Washington University, Bumbershoot Arts Festival, Seattle Lesbian and Gay Film Festival and many more. His clients include The Thermals, Kimya Dawson, Laura Veirs, Earth, Minor Alps, Quasi, Deerhoof, Sean Nelson, The Portland Cello Project and Thao with the Get Down Stay Down to name a few. He has been awarded grants for filmmaking from the New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA), The Neddy at Cornish, the City of Seattle, the Artist Trust Innovator Award, the Awesome Foundation and 4Culture.
Presented by San Francisco Art Institute.
Pre-show with classic cartoons
Screenings of Two group projects include:
A Spoonful of Corderoy, a raucous hand-made film utilizing loops
And Organic Infinite– a Cinegram Film made entirely with a flashlight
Individual Projects include:
Shaikha Waleed Alsalman
Dean Alvarez
Julia A. Fairbrother
Goodwin, Jesse D.
Christopher Hernandez
Sabah Light,
Lukas N. McGee
Katalin Nguyen
Haley S. Pan
Tyler Park
Ryan H. Rinaldi
Amina Shah
Doone L. Williams
Drinks and refreshments will be served.