COMMUNITY :: LAUNCHPAD BK :: ANYTHING GOES – OPEN PERFORMANCE NIGHT

Friday, May 24th @ 8pm Anything Goes — Open Performance Night A new open performance/screening series where anyone can present anything under 10 minutes. We will accept almost anything including music, readings, video, demonstrations, film, comedy, dance, animation, presentations and more! Performance slots are limited so please e-mail Zane@brooklynlaunchpad.org to sign-up in advance. Plus, free home-brewed beer provided by Honest Pete. LaunchPad 721... Read More

FIELD NOTES: WHAT WE ECHO::Animating in Mississippi: Danny Madden and Benjamin Wiessner

Sometimes the cows wandered into the front yard,sometimes they got chased out of the front yard. Travel often makes me aware of the many roles that I continually fulfill without realizing them. There are moments in any successful trip that cause the traveler to come face to face with his/her own intentions, hopefully causing the traveler to recognize them, name them, and understand them. For the last couple of months I have been driving (a beautiful,... Read More

FILM: ornana

A month ago, I left New York—drove from Brooklyn sixteen hours straight to Peachtree City, Georgia. When I pulled up, a few of my favorite people were on the back porch of a normally quiet suburban house. We were gathered to film another ornana short. Read More  Read More

A Beautiful Marsupial Afternoon: CA Conrad, Animation by Luca Dipierro

Exit Strata is very pleased to preview for you the darkly whimsical, wonderful animation Luca Dipierro made in collaboration with Philadelphia’s friend to poets everywhere, CA Conrad, in celebration of Conrad’s new book, A Beautiful Marsupial Afternoon, forthcoming from Wave. Music by Stephen Barnard. The son of white trash asphyxiation, CA Conrad’s childhood included selling cut flowers along the highway for his mother and helping... Read More

Notes on Biology

“Notes on Biology” is an award-winning animation from our friends at Ornana Films.  Read More