Exciting news: My film Puddle Song was selected to be screened at the Sans Souci Festival of Dance Cinema!
With an expansive definition of dance and an appreciation for highly experimental and interdisciplinary forms, this unique festival exposes diverse audiences to a variety of film, video, and performance possibilities. The festival will have two evenings of dance cinema shorts, including a live multi-media dance performance, and installations to peruse prior to the screenings. Additionally, on Saturday, there will be a documentary screenings and a scholarly paper panel.
The Festival will be held on Friday and Saturday, September 10 and 11, 2010, in the Black Box Theatre of the Atlas Building at the University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA
About Puddle Song
Puddle Song was conceived and directed by artist Teresa Brazen as part of an ongoing body of work, The Daydream Series. Each tone poem in this series explores human behavior and emotion within the framework of a single moment or situation.
Puddle Song’s intention is to playfully explore creative expression, judgment, and censorship. Soon after the work’s protagonist innocently loses herself in a moment of wonder and joy, she realizes she is being watched. Her perception of the judgmental gaze of another person imposes on her excitement, and puts an abrupt end to her spontaneous creativity.
Produced in 2009, this project was created in an unusual way: all nine crew members donated their time, equipment, and expertise via an entirely community-driven film cooperative, Scary Cow. As a result, no monies were spent on production. Video was shot with a Sony EX-1 camera using a Letus Extreme 35 mm adapter to give a more film-like aesthetic. The footage was edited in Final Cut Pro and After Effects. Sound Editor Brandon Hopp created the original music score and most of the sound in his home recording studio.
