Screening/Performance: Jeremy Rourke: Think of a Cloud

A live musical & cinematic performance by Basement Films artist-in-residence Jeremy Rourke, returning to New Mexico to share the work he made during his residency in the Basement Films archive in October 2024. Guitar in hand, Jeremy Rourke sings us through a selection of his live expanded film performances. Music and stories conjure the on-screen animations: a stop motion bicycle tour from NYC to San Francisco, a singsong homage to the work of Helen Hill, hot air balloons illuminated at dawn like film in a projector.

Jeremy Rourke is a stop motion animator, performer and educator based in San Francisco, CA. After stitching together his first animated second (12 frames) in 2009, this meticulous, handmade, beautiful, and uncanny medium became home. He creates multimedia performances where, guitar in hand, he sings his projected animations into being. His commissioned work with documentary filmmakers has screened at festivals including Sundance and Frameline, and has been nominated for an Academy Award. As an educator, he has shared his knowledge and enthusiasm for the art of animation at UC Davis, Saint Mary’s College, SF State, Shapeshifters Cinema, CASA (Children’s After School Arts) and California College of the Arts. He can’t thank Recology, Djerassi, I-Park, Basement Films, The Vermont Studio Center and Willapa Bay AIR enough for the time offered to create work during residencies.

A special program of Experiments in Cinema v20.0, which runs April 16-20 2025 in Albuquerque, NM. More information about the festival at www.experimentsincinema.org