DRIFT
Drift (Excerpt), 2023, Single Channel Mixed Media Animation, 9:00 min
Drift is a filmic panorama. The animation follows a seamless pan of Newtown Creek, the Superfund site that runs between Brooklyn and Queens. The floating subject, made from trash and animated via stop motion, is at once constructed and discarded. Set to music by OHYUNG, it becomes a raft, a billboard, a scarecrow, a candy wrapper.
Written & Created by Virginia Wagner
Music OHYUNG
Cinematographer Alexis Karl
Animation Consultant Alex Noble
THE MOTHERS
The Mothers (Trailer), 2022, Mixed Media Single Channel Animation, 6:42 min
The Mothers is a mixed media animation structured as a contemporary Grimm fairytale. The film explores the complex relationship between a mother and son as it plays out on the body of their house. The film combines live action footage, green-screened figures, stop motion painted animation, and 2-D digital animation.
The piece was first shown in June 2022 as part of Flux Factory’s Creekworthy exhibition on a floating projection screen in Newtown Creek.
Written & Created by Virginia Wagner
Music Chris Carr
Voice Jenny Lynn McNutt
Cinematographer Alexis Karl
Animation Consultants Alex Noble & Leigh McGrath
Mother Julie Heffernan
Son Jonah Lobe
Suits Alex Noble & Mark Rosin
Support from Project Kôlab at Pratt Institute.
Installation at Flux Factory’s Creekworthy exhibition in Newtown Creek, Long Island City, June 2022.
Film Still
GUGGENHEIM WORKS & PROCESS
I am creating a new multi-media piece for Guggenheim Works & Process with collaborators Adrian Danchig-Waring and Joe Gordon, Principal Dancers at the New York City Ballet, choreographer Norbert De La Cruz III, and filmmaker Kristin Sztyk. We have been granted multiple bubble residencies at Mount Tremper Arts, Kaatsbaan Cultural Park, Bridge Street Theater, and the Guggenheim Peter B Lewis Theater. Stay tuned for our premiere at the Guggenheim in Spring 2022. Kristin Sztyk made this short film to share our process!