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Meet the FINALISTS of the 2021 Lynn Shelton Of a Certain Age Grant! Read interviews & profiles by @hellomynameisvee over at REDEFINE: bit.ly/redefine2021lynnshelton In July 2020, following the tragic and unexpected passing of independent filmmaker Lynn Shelton — known for such films as Sword of Trust (2019), Laggies (2014), and Humpday (2009) — Duplass Brothers Productions @theduplassbrothers and Seattle’s Northwest Film Forum @nwfilmforum announced the Lynn Shelton “Of a Certain Age” Grant. Now in its second year, the $25,000 unrestricted cash grant empowers women, nonbinary, transgender, and intersex filmmakers over 39 who have yet to make their first narrative feature film. As Shelton recalls during a 2019 podcast episode on Your Last Meal with Rachel Belle, “Northwest Film Forum brought [French director Claire Denis] and did a retrospective of her work. In this on-stage interview she did, she revealed that she hadn’t even started her career as a filmmaker until she was 40. I was like, ‘Oh my God! I’m a lady too, and I’m not quite 40, and I can still have a career!'” “She truly was a huge inspiration for me to just dive in and get going,” Shelton continues. “Honestly, we bring so much more to the table because we’ve actually lived life a little bit. So I felt like I could bring more perception and sensitivity and experience to my stories.” The 2021 “Of a Certain Age” grant process received 205 eligible applications from throughout the country and landed on 12 finalists, all with a unique and underseen perspective to offer the world. In the following article, all of the finalists share about their projects and provide words of wisdom for emerging filmmakers. The final recipient will be announced on December 7th, 2021, via Northwest Film Forum. MEET THE FINALISTS: http://bit.ly/redefine2021lynnshelton Cali Bondad @turbotwigs Charlotte Glynn Claire Fowler @flashfluff Elaine Del Valle @elainedelvalledirector Erica Tremblay @ericajtremblay Erin Li @mserinli Geraldine Baron @barongeraldine Jessica Sanders @jessicasandersfilm Kyoko Miyake Larin Sullivan @larin_sullivan Sabina Vajrača @sabinalovestrees Sushma Khadepaun @sush.anon #LynnShelton
Reposted from @jesusmaryannejoseph, who says: "Here’s a preview of some canvas and acrylic ~butts~ I made that will be available at the opening of OFF THE WALL tonight from 6-9 at @jrinehartgallery // 60+ artists have created 8x8 works that are just $100 each! There’s no healthier way to consume cigarettes than in the form of affordable art so do your body good and get your own butt down there!" #SeattleArt #SeattleArtist #MixedMedia #Sculpture #Canvas
On his latest album, Cashes Out, prolific New Jersey singer-songwriter Kevin Basko, aka Rubber Band Gun @kbasko, has enlisted the help of animator Ben Montez to craft a delightful mixed media work of art. At nearly a half hour of runtime, each of the visual album’s six tracks stand solidly on their own but are enjoyed even better as a whole. READ THE INTERVIEW & WATCH THE VISUAL ALBUM: bit.ly/redefinecashesou Out now on Earth Libraries @earthlibraries #EarthLibraries #KevinBasko #RubberBandGun #BenMontez #VisualAlbum #IndieRock #Collage #VideoCollage #MixedMedia #VideoArt #Las Vegas #MusicVideo #MusicVideos #MusicJournalism #VisualArt #MusicJournalist #AdobePhotoshop #AdobeAfterEffects #REDEFINEmagazine #REDEFINEmag #NewJerseyMusician
Art is at the core of transforming and holding the worlds we live in. We need queer Native artists to show us the sides of the world that others might not see. @yakamanche ‘s work holds color, balance, and inspiration in its fibers, we are in awe for sure. @yakamanche : Carmen Selam, Yakama & Comanche Queer Femme artist. 🙏🏽❤ Reposted from @indigenousgoddessgang ❤🙏🏽 #NativeArt #IndigenousGoddessGang
ALBUM REVIEW: Sending a big thank you to @redefinemag for the stellar review of @sadgalsunny’s debut full length release “ILYIMY” 🙌 Reposted from @fritz_media "𝙎𝙮𝙣𝙩𝙝𝙨 𝙜𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩. 𝙁𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙠𝙗𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙤𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙘𝙪𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣. 𝙒𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙙𝙞𝙜𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙨𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙚, 𝙎𝙖𝙙 𝘾𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙖’𝙨 𝙗𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙡𝙮 𝙖𝙪𝙩𝙤𝙩𝙪𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙫𝙤𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙡𝙮𝙞𝙢𝙮, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙑𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙫𝙚𝙧-𝙗𝙖𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧-𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙬𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙧’𝙨 𝙙𝙚𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙛𝙪𝙡𝙡-𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙩𝙝 𝙖𝙡𝙗𝙪𝙢. 𝙄𝙩 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙡𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙪𝙥𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙚𝙪𝙥𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙖 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙝𝙮𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙥𝙤𝙥 𝙗𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙘𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙨: 𝙖 𝙗𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙜𝙮; 𝙖 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚."✨ Read full review at redefinemag.net! #newmusic #newalbum #review #albumreview #hyperpop #indie #indieartist #indiemusic #yvr #yvrmusic #vancouvermusic #musicbc #musicpr #musicpublicity
In an extensive tale of musical catharsis, Indonesian singer-songwriter GANGGA @ganggaksm aka Gangga Kusuma, has collaborated with film director Ivan Saputra Alam @ivansaputraalam of Athea Visuals @atheavisuals  on a four-part music video series designed to illustrate the ups and downs of a toxic relationship. Beginning with the album’s title track, “This Will Never End,” the series centers itself around recurring color accents of reds and greens, plus natural settings of water and fire. All symbols are tied elegantly into cycles of relationship turmoil — beautiful to simply behold, but embedded with meaning throughout. WATCH THE MUSIC VIDEO SERIES: bit.ly/redefineindo /// This project comes from GANGGA’s debut album, It’s Never Easy out now on KSM Records. Below, both the musician and the music video director offer their insights on the cinematic world they’ve created together. #GANGGA #IvansaputraAlam #AltheaVisuals #IndoPop #IndonesianPop #AsianMusician #AsianMusicians #IndonesianMusic #IndonesianMusician #IndonesianPop #IndiePop #IndieRock #Indie #Pop #REDEFINEmagazine #REDEFINEmag #SingerSongwriter #MusicJournalism #MusicInterview #MusicInterviews #MusicFeature #MusicFeatures #MusicMagazine #MusicVideo #MusicVideos
Sad China @sadgalsunny – ilyimy Album Review: A Reflection on Heartbreak & Healing, written by Miles Ginoza @weeaboo.diaspora -- LISTEN & READ: https://bit.ly/redefinesadchina⠀ ⠀ Synths glittering with starlight. Frenetic breakbeats and chaotic percussion. Within this digital space, Sad China’s brightly autotuned voice emerges on ilyimy, the Vancouver-based singer-songwriter’s debut full-length album...⠀ ⠀ ilyimy, an acronym for “i love you, i miss you,” is a reflection on loneliness and social media; on heartbreak and healing. Sad China wears their heart on their sleeve, facing these heavy feelings head on. To run away from emotions or to bottle them up is not an option — a sentiment that Sad China expresses on title track “ilyimy.” ⠀ ⠀ #SadChina #CanadianMusician #CanadianMusicians #ChineseCanadian #ChineseCanadians #CanadianChinese #IndiePop #IndieMusic #Indie #Pop #REDEFINEmagazine #REDEFINEmag #ExperimentalMusic #MusicJournalism #AlbumReview #AlbumReviews #MusicFeature #MusicFeatures #MusicMagazine #ElectronicMusic
In an extensive tale of musical catharsis, Indonesian singer-songwriter GANGGA @ganggaksm aka Gangga Kusuma, has collaborated with film director Ivan Saputra Alam @ivansaputraalam of Athea Visuals @atheavisuals  on a four-part music video series designed to illustrate the ups and downs of a toxic relationship. Beginning with the album’s title track, “This Will Never End,” the series centers itself around recurring color accents of reds and greens, plus natural settings of water and fire. All symbols are tied elegantly into cycles of relationship turmoil — beautiful to simply behold, but embedded with meaning throughout. WATCH THE MUSIC VIDEO SERIES: bit.ly/redefineindo /// This project comes from GANGGA’s debut album, It’s Never Easy out now on KSM Records. Below, both the musician and the music video director offer their insights on the cinematic world they’ve created together. #GANGGA #IvansaputraAlam #AltheaVisuals #IndoPop #IndonesianPop #AsianMusician #AsianMusicians #IndonesianMusic #IndonesianMusician #IndonesianPop #IndiePop #IndieRock #Indie #Pop #REDEFINEmagazine #REDEFINEmag #SingerSongwriter #MusicJournalism #MusicInterview #MusicInterviews #MusicFeature #MusicFeatures #MusicMagazine #MusicVideo #MusicVideos
Dos Santos Band Interview: City of Mirrors Dynamically Reflects U.S. Latin American Musical Identity - https://bit.ly/redefinesantos On City of Mirrors, the fourth full-length record from Chicago’s Dos Santos, the five-piece band once again showcases their musical expertise by presenting a rich, multicultural melting pot of sounds. Coming from wide-ranging diasporic backgrounds, the members of Dos Santos are active participants and students of Latin American musical traditions, and it is in these traditions that they anchor themselves creatively, then expand upon them with ease, grace, and singular originality... “There’s an aspect of [“City of Mirrors”] that is very melancholic or sounds a bit like a lament,” explains Chavez, who was then challenged to find a suitable lyrical counterpart. Thus, “City of Mirrors” came to be named after Macondo, a fictional city found in Colombian writer Gabriel García Márquez’s landmark novel, 100 Years of Solitude. As Chavez describes, Macondo is a central character throughout the book — “this sort of magical city which is at once this place of both beauty and dread; mourning and hope,” referred often by Márquez as the City of Mirages or City of Mirrors. /// Dos Santos‘ @dossantoschi latest album is out now on Chicago-based label, International Anthem @intlanthem; produced by Elliot Bergman @elliotbergman Photograph by Victor Duarte. READ THE WHOLE INTERVIEW: http://bit.ly/redefinesantos #IndiePop #Multicultural #Latine #Latinx #MultiInstrumental #IndieMusician #ElectronicMusic #Indie #Pop #REDEFINEmagazine #REDEFINEmag #MusicJournalism #MusicInterview #MusicInterviews #MusicFeature #MusicFeatures #MusicMagazine #DosSantos #DosSantosBand #LatineMusic #LatinxMusic #ChicagoBand #ChicagoBands @congabanger @brownbabyjesus @reflectivenathan @jaimediablero @___caminante___ @pitchperfect.pr
North by Current Documentary: Interview w/ Filmmaker Angelo Madsen Minax @madsenminax by @alison.j.smith is up: bit.ly/redefinecurrent Early on in North By Current, a documentary by experimental multimedia artist Angelo Madsen Minax, a family of four slides into a retro diner booth four days after a funeral. As the mother tries to make conversation and the adult children stare off into the middle distance, “Last Kiss” by J Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers crackles on the radio, singing, “Where oh where can my baby be/ The Lord took her away from me.” With dark circles under her eyes, their daughter Jessie voices what they’re all thinking: “How much longer is this going to last?” This reenacted sequence depicts one of many brutally ironic moments following the death of Minax’s niece, Kalla. After three-year-old Kalla stopped breathing, Minax’s sister Jessie and brother-in-law David were charged but not convicted of child abuse by authorities in Petroskey, Michigan. North By Current, which catalogues the cracks in the official investigation, also traces the fractures in Minax’s family, eschewing certainty for contradictory memories and fourth-wall breaks. In particular, Minax’s return to his hometown dredges up his Mormon parents’ lingering discomfort with his experience transitioning to male. *** Film was first seen at @siffnews in Seattle during their documentary film festival. *** #NWFF #NWFilms #NWFilmmakers #NWFilmmaker #NWFilm #PacificNWFilms #TransFilm #TransFilms #LGBTQFilm #LGBTQFilms #QueerCinema #QueerFilm #QueerFilm
Dos Santos Band Interview: City of Mirrors Dynamically Reflects U.S. Latin American Musical Identity - https://bit.ly/redefinesantos On City of Mirrors, the fourth full-length record from Chicago’s Dos Santos, the five-piece band once again showcases their musical expertise by presenting a rich, multicultural melting pot of sounds. Coming from wide-ranging diasporic backgrounds, the members of Dos Santos are active participants and students of Latin American musical traditions, and it is in these traditions that they anchor themselves creatively, then expand upon them with ease, grace, and singular originality. “Whether that be rhythm and thinking about the richness of the rhythmic anchors of a lot of Latin American music, or the tradition of Latin American song — [which can include] the poetics of traditional Mexican music or the melodrama of Latin American romantic song — all of that has always informed what we do,” explains lead singer and multi-instrumentalist Alex Chavez. Dos Santos‘ @dossantoschi latest album is out now on Chicago-based label, International Anthem @intlanthem; produced by Elliot Bergman @elliotbergman Photograph by José Calvo. READ THE WHOLE INTERVIEW: http://bit.ly/redefinesantos #IndiePop #Multicultural #Latine #Latinx #MultiInstrumental #IndieMusician #ElectronicMusic #Indie #Pop #REDEFINEmagazine #REDEFINEmag #MusicJournalism #MusicInterview #MusicInterviews #MusicFeature #MusicFeatures #MusicMagazine #DosSantos #DosSantosBand #LatineMusic #LatinxMusic #ChicagoBand #ChicagoBands @congabanger @brownbabyjesus @reflectivenathan @jaimediablero @___caminante___ @pitchperfect.pr
North by Current Documentary: Interview w/ Filmmaker Angelo Madsen Minax @madsenminax by @alison.j.smith is up: bit.ly/redefinecurrent Early on in North By Current, a documentary by experimental multimedia artist Angelo Madsen Minax, a family of four slides into a retro diner booth four days after a funeral. As the mother tries to make conversation and the adult children stare off into the middle distance, “Last Kiss” by J Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers crackles on the radio, singing, “Where oh where can my baby be/ The Lord took her away from me.” With dark circles under her eyes, their daughter Jessie voices what they’re all thinking: “How much longer is this going to last?” This reenacted sequence depicts one of many brutally ironic moments following the death of Minax’s niece, Kalla. After three-year-old Kalla stopped breathing, Minax’s sister Jessie and brother-in-law David were charged but not convicted of child abuse by authorities in Petroskey, Michigan. North By Current, which catalogues the cracks in the official investigation, also traces the fractures in Minax’s family, eschewing certainty for contradictory memories and fourth-wall breaks. In particular, Minax’s return to his hometown dredges up his Mormon parents’ lingering discomfort with his experience transitioning to male. *** Film was first seen at @siffnews in Seattle during their documentary film festival. *** #NWFF #NWFilms #NWFilmmakers #NWFilmmaker #NWFilm #PacificNWFilms #TransFilm #TransFilms #LGBTQFilm #LGBTQFilms #QueerCinema #QueerFilm #QueerFilm