Heartbeat

I am very proud to be a part of the new Dalvero Academy exhibition Journey of Transformation that just opened at Mystic Seaport this past weekend. This exhibit is a follow up to our previous show at the Seaport a few years ago, and is focused around the 38th Voyage of the Charles W. Morgan, the last wooden whaleship in the world, and it's new message of education and conservation. There is incredible and inspiring work by 29 artists, and I am honored to be one of them!

Part of my contribution to the show is an animation called "Heartbeat". This animated short follows the life of a baby whale whose mother is killed during the heyday of American whaling in the 19th century. It continues through our destructive relationship with whales over the decades, using the bodies of whales for everything from illuminants, to industrial lubricant, to food. As our perceptions of whales, and our relationship with them changes, a new song of empathy and compassion is formed to sail forward into a more hopeful future.

You can view the animation below:

I hope you will go and check out the show if you are in the area!

I was fortunate enough to be on the Morgan's 38th Voyage last summer (you can read about my experience here). The wonderful composer for this animation was a fellow 38th Voyager, Gary Wikfors. He composed and performed all the music for this piece using an octaveharpa, nyckelharpa, tenor mandola, octave mandola, mandocello, and mandolin. What an experience it was working with a real composer! I couldn't be more grateful for his dedication and beautiful work.

Patterns: Woods Hole Film Festival Award Winner

 

I just returned from a drawing workshop to DisneyWorld to the very exciting news that my animation "Patterns", about the Charles W. Morgan whaleship, won the Audience Award for Animation or Experimental Short at the Woods Hole Film Festival. I wasn't able to attend due to the drawing workshop, but I'm very honored that my animation was so well received! Thank you to the Woods Hole Film Festival 2013 and to everyone who saw and enjoyed it!

You can check out the trailer and more stills from the animation here:

Patterns

"Patterns" at the Woods Hole Film Festival

I am very excited to announce that my animated short "Patterns" is an official selection for the Woods Hole Film Festival in Cape Cod, and will be screening there August 1st.

This carved wood animated short tells the stories of hundreds of years of life, death, and rebirth etched into the wood of the Charles W. Morgan, the last wooden whaleship in the world. The whaleship is currently being restored at Mystic Seaport, and will be put back in the water July 21st. The animation was created as part of a group show with Dalvero Academy at Mystic Seaport. I think it's a wonderful place for a festival premiere, because the Morgan will be sailing to Cape Cod after its restoration is complete! You can view the trailer below:

"Patterns" Trailer from Evan Turk on Vimeo.

You can take a look at more stills from the animation here:
 Patterns

The screening information is below:

August 1, 2013

5:00 PM

Prior to "The Roper"

Lillie Auditorium

Cape Cod, MA

To purchase tickets, please visit the festival page for the film here:

Woods Hole Festival - Patterns

 

Animation Screening with African Film Festival Inc.

 

My animation "Roots" was screened last night at Maysles Cinema in a program put together by African Film Festival Inc. and the Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute as a part of their fall film series "Untold Stories From Africa & The Diaspora".

Based on the history of the African Burial Ground in Lower Manhattan, this animated short explores the ritual of coffins and burial as an unbreakable connection between the Africans brought to America as slaves and those who stayed behind in West Africa.

Very exciting to see it presented for the first time!

 

Breathing: Part 2!

So! Here is the finished animation from the earlier post for an animation about using your own energy to create and change the world around you.



Hopefully it helps you slow down and breathe for a few seconds, which is something I often have a very hard time doing!

Breathing

These are a few drawings, thumbnails, and storyboards for an animation I'm working on that focuses on using your energy as a way to change the world around you.

Stay tuned for the full animation!

I Return! (With some animation!)

Wow, it has been such a long time since I last posted. I've been working on an animation for my last year at Parsons, so I've been busy with that for most of this semester. Here's a few drawings and collages from that, as well as a trailer for the final animation (Coming Spring 2011!)

"Clouds" Teaser Trailer from Evan Turk on Vimeo.

Here are a couple shots of the set-up for presenting my thesis to the judges (taken by my fellow classmate, Deniz!):

(me, looking a little delirious)

And some of the storyboard collages and drawings: