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ZINEBI56 in Bilbao
Happy & Gay will be in competition at ZINEBI56, Bilbao’s Int’l Fest of Doc and Shorts! yay! The Official Selection list is here.
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Holbei Queer Film Festival
Excited to announce that “Happy & Gay” will be in the Holebi Queer Film Festival in Leuven, Belgium. It’s one of three shorts in Competition at Opening Night, Wedn., Nov 5, 2014 at 7:30pm, in...
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“Happy & Gay” at ReAnimania ’14
Happy and Gay, the queer cartoon musical, will be in the 6th ReAnimania Film Fest in Armenia in October. (some of these festivals are cutting this verrrrry close indeed.
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“Happy & Gay” Wins Jury and Audience Awards
“Happy & Gay” has won two awards at the 2014 Atlanta Out On Film Festival! It received both the Jury Award and Audience Award for the Animation category. These are the two awards available at the...
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LesGaiCineMad Award
“Happy & Gay” has received the Best Animation Award at the LesGaiCineMad Film Festival in Madrid. “Mejor Cortometraje animado: “Happy and Gay” de Lorelei Pepi.” I would have loved to been able to...
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Image+Nation, Jury Award
“Happy & Gay” just won a Jury Award at the Image+Nation Film Festival in Montreal. Nice surprise! PRIX DU JURY_I+N27 / COURT MÉTRAGE_SHORT, Happy and Gay | Lorelei Pepi | États-Unis | 2014
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Creative Capital 2015 Awardee
Great news! I’ve been selected as a 2015 Creative Capital awardee in the Moving Image and Visual Arts cycle. I’m so very honored and excited to be receiving the support and network that comes with...
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Docile Bodies, transformations
My newest project work has transformed and evolved well during the research and development phase. The title has changed accordingly. “Vigil” has become “Docile Bodies,” as the tenor of the subject...
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New in my email inbox reminded me that there’s so much going on that I sometimes forget to share the good news. My latest animation short, “Happy & Gay”, is a 1930s queer revisionist history...
View ArticleCreative Capital 2015 Presentation
This is the Creative Capital 2015 Artist Retreat presentation I gave on my project “Docile Bodies,” currently in development. It was a privilege to be amongst the astounding and passionate artists with...
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Grazie mille, Sardegna!
Hey, it was really wonderful to have my film “Happy & Gay” receive the Sardinia Queer Audience Award at the 2015 Sardinia Queer Short Film Festival! This was the first time I ever had to do a...
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Docile Bodies: R & D 1
It’s summer and the Docile Bodies project research and development is in full swing. I have summer sublet for my studio, bought all kinds of equipment, and hired an Emily Carr Univ co-op student...
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Docile Bodies: R & D 2
My co-op student is Ziran Cosmo Chen, an Emily Carr Univ of Art & Design (ECUAD) undergrad, currently in his 4th year in the Animation Program. Cosmo has a background in interactive media and 3D...
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Docile Bodies: R & D 3
There are some amazingly great resources for engaging the Kinect V2 and Unity 3D, which is why I’ve elected to use tools together. The brilliance of people and companies that d this work and make it...
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Docile Bodies: R & D 4
Cosmo has been working on employing facial motion capture onto one of the models I’m using. Sometimes, things go horribly wrong – haha. Facial mo-cap possession
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Docile Bodies: R & D 5
More accidents. Enjoy Grandma having a head trip. This one is some whacky Maya rigging conflicting with the Unity and mocap requirements. Grandma has a head trip
View ArticleWomen in Tech Arts 2
I’ve benefitted greatly from the super tutorials that these two people have provided online. Sharing! Their tutorials are for using the Kinect V2 and Unity to perform interactive Gesture Control. The...
View ArticleWomen in Tech Arts
I’m gathering more resources for how women in tech arts support and raise each other up. I’m sharing a few of these to spread the love. WOMEN IN TECH-ARTS FemTechNet FemTechNet is an activated network...
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Image Standards and the Male Gaze
My project research has me considering image definition and standards. The act of looking and critiquing an image invariably includes its subject. The “male gaze” has already been described and defined...
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“Happy & Gay” in Girls On Film 2
My last film “Happy & Gay” (2014) has completed its festival run, but it’s still is receiving some requests for specialty screenings. During the entire month of October 2017, it will be screened in...
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