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Crowdfunder Pick: Haptic Animation Amplifier
Category: Indie animation nonprofit
About the Project: “Haptic Animation Amplifier will be a one-stop shop for animators expanding their independent careers, and for outsiders learning about animation in the Northwest. A new Seattle-based nonprofit, fiscally sponsored through the Northwest Film Forum, it will help launch the already vibrant independent animation scene in the Pacific Northwest into the global arena.
Haptic Animation Amplifier will support filmmakers by:
Long term we also hope to offer our own small grants and residency scholarships.”
Team Members: Tess Martin (founder, director); Stefan Gruber, Warren Etheredge and Sven Bonnichsen (advisory board)
About the Founder: Tess Martin is a film programmer, writer and award-winning independent animator. Her work has screened at galleries and festivals worldwide. She has curated and toured two programs of animated shorts from Seattle, and runs a monthly animation event in Rotterdam. She earned a BA from the University of Brighton in the U.K. and an MA from St Joost in the Netherlands.
“In the Pacific Northwest, there is a great history of independent animation with legend Bruce Bickford, Oscar-winners Joan Gratz and Will Vinton,” said Martin, “and a vibrant community making work today, like Portland independents Laura Heit, Rose Bond and Seattle animators Stefan Gruber, Clyde Petersen, and Whidbey-based Drew Christie, as well as the whole of the Seattle Experimental Animation Team (SEAT). After spending some time in Europe, I came to realize at how much of a disadvantage my fellow animators in Seattle are. I already had the experience of curating and touring with two programs of SEAT animations. Why not expand, and make it official?”
Platform: Kickstarter
Campaign End Date: September 7, 2015
Request: “We are asking for $5,000 to cover these very basic start-up costs:
If we reach a stretch goal of $6,000, we can help pay for the curation and booking of the first tour of NW animated films.” MM
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