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Under Cold Bright Stars<\/em> (still-image)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Jeremy Rourke<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

San Francisco, California, USA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

STATEMENT OF ARTIST PRACTICE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As a stop motion animator, I take digital photographs as I incrementally manipulate the copious paper ephemera, printed text, paint, drawings, 16mm films, shadows, flora and inanimate objects that surround me in both my studio and life. First I press the button on my DSLR camera 12 times for every 1 second of work; then these objects come alive in their tactile, animated gestures. It is through my senses that this family of materials let me know how they might move. Time and touch are the point. To share the beautiful and haunting nature of this art form with other human beings is what keeps me working. In this case it is you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During live cinema performances, I accompany these animations as a musician and storyteller. I absolutely love to sing. Synched and immersed in real time with the world on the screen, a dialogue forms between animations, animator, and audience. As a breathing crowd sees an artist alongside the digital traces of their labor, does the digital somehow become analog once again?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interacting with animation plunges me into an uncanny world whose glow lingers on\u2026 upon my return I feel I\u2019ve witnessed the documentation of a dream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ARTIST BIO<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Jeremy Rourke is a stop motion animator, creating 12 frame per second homes for his performative, musical, educational and collaborative endeavors. He has done residencies at Djerassi, Recology, and the Vermont Studio Center, and taught the techniques of this handmade craft at Saint Mary\u2019s College, SF State, UC Davis and CASA (children\u2019s after school arts). His work has been performed\/screened at venues including Other Cinema,The Exploratorium, Frameline Film Festival, Ashland Independent Film Festival, Shapeshifters Cinema, The Roxie Theater, and Artists Television Access. When We Were Bullies<\/em>, a film for which he produced the animation, was nominated in 2022 for an Academy Award in the short documentary category.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CONTACT<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

jeremyrourke.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

EMAIL<\/a> | INSTAGRAM<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Examples of Collage in Motion<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Lyrics on the Paper<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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