Projects

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Draw By Night

2009-10 - Drawing Collective

In June 2009, I started a collaborative drawing party hosted at the Vancouver Film School Café. Since then we have had over 12 events with upwards of 75 collaborators at a time! We've drawn to an author reading, Olympic hockey and even a Digital Grafitti wall generously donated by Tangible Interactive.
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http://www.drawbynight.com
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The Fragile Circus

2002-10 - Interactive Animation

Is an animation series that takes place in a surreal world of animal human hybrids where tragic stories of longing and loss are carried out within heart-stirring dreamlike vistas.

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http://www.thefragilecircus.com
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Distant Air

2006 - Interactive Animation

Distant Air is an interactive timeline that charts 5 vivid memories of birds ranging from when I was a child to memories I haven't had yet. This project uses a combination of hazy truths and exaggerations, based on dreams and memories, to demonstrate how a massaged fiction can be in some way more truth to the actual event than a mere description is. Expand

http://www.distantair.com

Throw It On A Fire

2006 - Animation

Official music video
for The Bell Orchestre.

An antique toy ballerina finds her dark shadow twin. Meanwhile the band, entangled marionettes merged with their instruments, struggle to keep playing their song while observing the strange story revealed before them.
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The Tourist &
The Picket-Fence Prison

2005 - Animation

The Tourist & The Picket-Fence Prison is faction of an ongoing animation series called The Fragile Circus where tourists are ruthless scavengers that feed off other creatures by taking their photo. In this case, a curious tourist invades the privacy of a lonely pine tree.
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The Flowering Of Forgotten Gifts

2004 - Interactive Animation

Hidden behind the doors of an online advent calendar are the scenes of an unconventional heart-warming visual story. It’s a tale of a fragmented boy who is intrigued and follows a girl, made of gift-boxes, while receiving affectionate presents from her. In the end, The Flowering of Forgotten Gifts reveals our most cherished gift of all.

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http://2009.notsosimpleton.com/nfb

Madame Forever

2004 - Animation

An old and weary actress is literally falling apart backstage in her dressing room. In spite of this apparent travesty, she still manages to pull her self together for her fans in order to pose for a few glamour shots.
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Magpie & Stump

2004 - Animation

Magpie & Stump is a faction of an on-going animation series called The Fragile Circus. Within a stage setting, a pesky magpie disturbs the peace and quiet of an old fat moose in order to steal his antlers and add to his ultimate perch. Expand

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RE:Entry

2003 - Collage

Double Entry was executed in a diary fashion with each individual piece dated at its inception and subsequent completion. Using clothes patterns as a canvas, Belfast-based painter, Jennifer Trouton applied a montage of photographs, postcards, sewing pins with text and paint to create a visual record and personal commentary.

RE:ENTRY is the result of a collaboration between Jennifer and I. I scanned a few of her paintings and re-interpreted them using digital tools and handmade collage.
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