E G G (by Moqui Joy)
I had a dream that was fully animated, about shopping for eggs in the supermarket. When touched, the eggs turned over and gave me a message. I dropped them, and they splattered into the words “call me” on the floor.
Moqui Joy is an experimental animator, working with blending elegant line work onto warped glitch art backgrounds formed from digitized VHS. Their content focuses on the bizarre and dreamlike world of queered imagination. Other aspects of their content can be seen dancing on screen behind local queer DJs.
purr-eakfast in bed (by grey anderson)
purr-eakfast in bed is an animated short about love, food, and sleeping in.
Grey Anderson is a student at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, They are currently perusing a BFA in 2D Animation. Right now they are interested in making work about the beautiful and mundane parts of life, and using these projects to practice new techniques.
Inside My Eyes (by Youyang Yu)
Sometimes, thoughts might get heavy. Yuko found a trick to offload her overwhelming thoughts to some magical elephants inside her mind. Imagined in collaboration with AI, a frame by frame digital watercolor histology of a contemplating racing brain.
Youyang Yu is an independent animation filmmaker living in Minneapolis. He was born in China and educated in the UK. Blending both digital and traditional techniques, Youyang tries to consolidate intimate memories and thought patterns in his animation, in the hope to capture those fleeting moments that are bound to be forgotten.
Necktie Cinema (by John Akre)
What if neckties stopped trying to strangle us and showed us their movies instead?
John Akre is an animator who lived in Minnesota for a long time.
Fingertips (by CC Stanhill)
Fingertips is a fizzing tipple of untidy facets. It is a freeform tide of digital glee and a ticklish frolick through paper pastures. It is a burst of buoyant chaos and a jovial float down dreamy streams. Fingertips is also the title of this film!
CC Stanhill founded Studio Mirthrite Animation in 2015. Their films explore themes of queerness and fluidity. At least, that’s what they think they’re exploring. It’s mostly weird shapes moving around in fancy patterns. They were once described by a prominent person as “quite a lucid sort of fellow.”
Victorian Eviction (by Alexander Sullivan & Ethan Sullivan)
In this spooky slapstick comedy, two Victorian hunters have been hired to evict a crazy recluse. Said recluse has ruined the property with his inhumane and nonsensical experiments.
Ethan & Alexander (Alec) Sullivan are twin brothers from Rochester, Minnesota. They both attended Minneapolis College of Art & Design, and teamed up their senior year to create Victorian Eviction. With Ethan developing the art direction and key animation, while Alec provided the sound mixing and in-betweens.
Flight (by Mady Vrkljan)
Reese, A young witch child, is about to take their first flight on their broom. Their nerves get the better of them and they end up tripping over the edge and off the cliff. Luckily, they catch themself and soar into the sky.
Mady Vrkljan is a newly graduated 2D animator with a focus in Character animation. She has a passion for the intricate and subtle movement of animation and wishes to capture that in her works. Her dream is to one day pitch a show and become a show-runner.
Dine In (by Charis Clark)
A cat orders food, but is horrified by the reality of opening the door to retrieve it.
Charis Clark is a mixed-media Creative and Animator located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Whether it be 3D modeling in Maya or collaging in a sketchbook, Charis loves to experiment with narrative storytelling. They traverse themes of mental illness and interpersonal relationships via expressive and exploratory pieces of time-based media.
second born son: a transsexual documentary (by Merit Thursday)
second born son: a transsexual documentary details the artist’s experience of undergoing gender-affirming surgeries, receiving the removed body tissue, and burying the decaying body tissue in the earth.
Merit Thursday (he/him/homo/tranny) is a local experimental animator, educator, and curator. When he isn’t working on a strange little movie, he teaches at MCAD, curates Weird Stuff Only, and wafts through life as a fruity socialite.
Pescatore (by Ed Heyl)
A fish is a fish.
Ed crawls out from his goblin burrow once a year to make something, he intends to threaten the lands of men more often, but in the meantime he is a father and owns a massage business.
The Bear in the Shower (by Tom Schroeder)
Trapped in a shower for six hours in Amsterdam.
Tom has made 16 animated films.
Waking Up (by Madi Roux)
An overworked cat lives out a relaxed, ideal life through her dreams. The only problem is she has to wake up in the morning.
Madi Roux is a queer animator and illustrator from Minneapolis. Their work delves into pop culture, mental health, spirituality, nature and animals. When they aren’t at their desk, you can find them on nature trails, campgrounds, or chillin’ with their cats.
Little Godzilla (by Kat Aymeloglu)
What if Godzilla were very small?
Kat Aymeloglu is a visual artist and illustrator based in Minneapolis. Little Godzilla is her first foray into animation.
Standing at the Baseline (by A.P. Looze)
A stop motion animation music video about embodiment and tennis. It is a part of a longer music video series entitled “C’Mon Baby Stroke It! The Tennis Musical Where Love is Everything” that premiered in 2021.
A.P. Looze is a transgender multi disciplinary artist living in Minneapolis. Their work focuses on love, transformation and embodiment.
Sandwiches (by Michael Van Swearingen & Peter Steineck)
2 children discuss the cultural significance of sandwiches.
Heck Studio is the big baby of Peter Steineck and Michael Van Swearingen. The duo are Minnesota natives and showrunners of Hellavision Television Network. They make animation good.
Man of Syberio (by Victor E Nord)
In Syberio city (a synthwave aesthetic city), A young man named Domanic finds himself on a tram that contains a secret…
Victor E Nord, Currently starting my career as a 3D/2D animator, I am a Blender enthusiast who loves making wacky characters. I attend MCAD as of now and intend to get a BFA and major in Animation.
Neon Wave (by John Beumer)
Strap in for an adventure through a neon-drenched dimension with pulsing synths. This animated video will transport you to a realm where the music is king and the visuals are out of this world.
John is a 3D designer, illustrator, and graphic artist based in Minneapolis, MN. Check out beums.com for more animations, 3D prints, and character designs.
Dear Voyage (by Michelle Brost)
Abstract animation based on a poem written by B, a student writer from the Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop.
Michelle Brost is an independent animation artist, freelancer and educator based in Minneapolis, MN.
Diner At The End Of The World (by Sishir Bommakanti)
Diner at the End of the World is a story about lost connections, heated debates and emotional discourse all occurring in one corner booth of a diner. Juxtaposed against a larger, global, existential crisis. It’s an apocalypse narrative set at the end of the world.
Sishir Bommakanti is an illustrator, painter and animator from Minneapolis, MN. His subjects range from the surreal, mythological, absurd and horror. His work ranges from painting, animation, 3D graphics, photography, game development and other experimental mediums.
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