Author - Rachel Kramer

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Fruitbowl, Seattle filmmaker David Quantic’s hybrid documentary and podcast series, is dedicated to “an oral history of queer sex.” Featuring colorful coming-of-age stories from diverse queer people across the country, Fruitbowl is now on its third season, cataloguing responses to such meaningful questions as:⠀ ⠀ – When did you first learn about sex?⠀ – What was your first time like?⠀ – What’s the most embarrassing thing that’s happened to you during sex?⠀ – What’s your best move in bed?⠀ ⠀ In the following Q&A, Quantic talks through why he started a series he never expected to, why it is still important to tell queer stories, and how much more there is still to learn and share.⠀ ⠀ “We were raised expected to be straight, and I think that requires a certain amount of personal strength to say, no: that is not my narrative. This is my narrative; this is how I’m going to live my life. And every queer person has that story in common with each other. It might not be the same story; they might not have gotten to the end in the same way that we did, but we have each had that moment in our life where it’s like: you know what? This path is going to be different for me.” - David Quantic, Founder of Fruitbowl⠀ ⠀ BONUS: Fruitbowl has episodes screening now during Translations Transgender Film Festival via @threedollarbillcinema :)⠀ ⠀ READ: http://bit.ly/redefinefruitbowl⠀ ⠀ @fruitbowlpodcast #SeattleFilm #SeattleFilms #SeattleFilmmaker #NWFF #NWFilmForum #NWFilms #NWFilmmakers #NWFilmmaker #SeattleFilmmakers #NWFilm #PacificNWFilms #FilmEducation #QueerSex #LGBT #LGBTQ #ThreeDollarBillCinema #DavidQuantic
#Repost @vanishingseattle #FBF: 30 years ago on April 30th, the Crocodile Café & Live Bait Lounge was opened! The Croc was established at 2nd Ave & Blanchard at the site of the old 1980s Greek restaurant/punk venue Athens Café (which was empty for about 10 years prior) by Stephanie Dorgan. The bill for #CrocodileCafe’s 1st show was Sub Pop band Love Battery and the Posies (under the name P.O.T. - “Posies On Tour”). The 3-room club (restaurant, bar, & performance space) was integral in nurturing the exploding local music scene + hosting touring artists. Acts that played #TheCroc included Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Mudhoney, Sleater-Kinney, Tad, Gas Huffer, Sunny Day Real Estate, Talib Kweli, Modest Mouse, Green Day, X, The Coup, Cheap Trick, Yoko Ono, Beck, Beastie Boys & many more. They also hosted special events, legendary secret shows, spoken word, fundraisers, craft fairs etc. The Croc was also in the films “Singles” and “Georgia.” On December 15, 2007, the #CrocodileCafe closed suddenly after a final show, due to financial troubles, which shocked the local music scene. On March 21, 2009 the Crocodile reopened under new management and a new re-model. In November 2020, it was announced that The Crocodile would close down & move, as current co-owners Marcus Charles & Adam Wakeling’s attempts to buy the 1924 Film Row building, and then to renew their lease, were denied by landlord Mercer Island-based Second & Blanchard LLC. Luckily #TheCrocodile will stay in #Belltown: moving to the building on 1st Ave that most recently housed El Gaucho steakhouse, Pampas Room & Big Picture theatre (which is fitting, as the building used to be the hall of Sailors Union of the Pacific (1954-1996), where @thePosies, Bikini Kill, Radiohead, @maryloulord & more played.) Happy 30th, Crocodile! Share your Crocodile memories! (I still miss that damn pre-renovation view-blocking pillar and graffiti-covered bathroom). 📷: Crocodile, Lance Mercer, Chris Brown, Renee Chun, Josh Trujillo/P-I #crocodileforever #flashbackfriday #seattlemusic #Seattleculture #seattlehistory #seattlelandmark #seattlecharacter #seattlesoul #displacement #seattle #oldseattle #vanishingseattle
Over the course of sixteen eye-popping minutes, the music video for “Self Help,” a recently released track by Portland electronic musician Avola, takes viewers on a tripped out textural journey through a 3D-animated multiverse. Animated by Nico Daunt, “Self Help” is full of chaotic maximalism, with deeply-considered characters that are inspired by dreams, everyday life, mythology, and so, so much more, ever-swirling about.⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ In the following Q&A interview, Avola and Daunt talk about collaborating across multiple continents and using an iterative back and forth process to arrive at this masterful final outcome.⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ "... Nico and I thrive on chaos and the unknown — letting the chips fall where they may. My process with music very much involves me letting the mood, surrounding vibrations and sounds produced at that moment take over. Once I felt like I had something that felt 'finished,' I sent it on over to Nico, knowing they would absorb my transmission and do their thing." - Avola⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ READ THE INTERVIEW:⠀⠀ http://bit.ly/redefineselfhelp ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ @avola_verns.world @nicodaunt #PinkNoise #PortlandMusician #PortlandMusicians #PortlandArtist #PortlandArtists #3DAnimation #3DAnimator #Avola #NicoDaunt #Animated #3DAnimated #Trippy #VideoArt #VideoArtist #REDEFINEmagazine #REDEFINE #Multiverse #Maximalism #Chaotic #Chaos #ElectronicMusic #Electronic #Noise #SelfHelp #Epic
Over the course of sixteen eye-popping minutes, the music video for “Self Help,” a recently released track by Portland electronic musician Avola, takes viewers on a tripped out textural journey through a 3D-animated multiverse. Animated by Nico Daunt, “Self Help” is full of chaotic maximalism, with deeply-considered characters that are inspired by dreams, everyday life, mythology, and so, so much more, ever-swirling about.⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ "... Nico and I thrive on chaos and the unknown — letting the chips fall where they may. My process with music very much involves me letting the mood, surrounding vibrations and sounds produced at that moment take over. Once I felt like I had something that felt 'finished,' I sent it on over to Nico, knowing they would absorb my transmission and do their thing." - Avola⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ READ THE INTERVIEW:⠀⠀ http://bit.ly/redefineselfhelp ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ @avola_verns.world @nicodaunt #PinkNoise #PortlandMusician #PortlandMusicians #PortlandArtist #PortlandArtists #3DAnimation #3DAnimator #Avola #NicoDaunt #Animated #3DAnimated #Trippy #VideoArt #VideoArtist #REDEFINEmagazine #REDEFINE #Multiverse #Maximalism #Chaotic #Chaos #ElectronicMusic #Electronic #Noise #SelfHelp #Epic
Over the course of sixteen eye-popping minutes, the music video for “Self Help,” a recently released track by Portland electronic musician Avola, takes viewers on a tripped out textural journey through a 3D-animated multiverse. Animated by Nico Daunt, “Self Help” is full of chaotic maximalism, with deeply-considered characters that are inspired by dreams, everyday life, mythology, and so, so much more, ever-swirling about.⠀ ⠀ In the following Q&A interview, Avola and Daunt talk about collaborating across multiple continents and using an iterative back and forth process to arrive at this masterful final outcome.⠀ ⠀ "... Nico and I thrive on chaos and the unknown — letting the chips fall where they may. My process with music very much involves me letting the mood, surrounding vibrations and sounds produced at that moment take over. Once I felt like I had something that felt 'finished,' I sent it on over to Nico, knowing they would absorb my transmission and do their thing." - Avola⠀ ⠀ READ THE INTERVIEW:⠀ http://bit.ly/redefineselfhelp ⠀ ⠀ @avola_verns.world @nicodaunt #PinkNoise #PortlandMusician #PortlandMusicians #PortlandArtist #PortlandArtists #3DAnimation #3DAnimator #Avola #NicoDaunt #Animated #3DAnimated #Trippy #VideoArt #VideoArtist #REDEFINEmagazine #REDEFINE #Multiverse #Maximalism #Chaotic #Chaos #ElectronicMusic #Electronic #Noise #SelfHelp #Epic
Truly grateful for the artistry of @youngmer and for the conversations they open up in regard to identity, culture, care for the Earth and #LandBack #Repost @niatero via @mer.young.art • In the beginning there was us... #REPARATIONS #LANDBACK #RELATIVES
REDEFINE's Editor-in-Chief Vivian Hua is highlighted in South Seattle Emerald! Thanks to Mark Van Streefkerk for the piece! #Repost @markthewriter • • • • • Recently, Vivian Hua and the Northwest Film Forum (NWFF) received the 2021 Mayor's Award for Achievement in Film. I got to write about Vivian and their incredible work as Executive Director of NWFF, their own film + artistic collaborations (including being Editor-in-Chief of @redefinemag), social media management for @southseattleemerald (as well as contributor), and so much more! How does she do it all?! "Work and play and life and philosophy are all the same thing for me. This is just the stuff I think about all the time," Hua said. Read more about Vivian and the @nwfilmforum in the South Seattle Emerald, via southseattleemerald.com 👀🔗 . . . #southseattlemerald #seattlenews #northwestfilmforum #nwff #seattlefilm #seattlefilmmaker #seattlejourno #seattlejournalist #seattlewriter #seattlefreelancewriter #freelancewriter
NEW THROW FROM STEVIE SHAO! #Repost @stepfrae • • • • • Tiger hunting a deer in a swamp for @throwandco 🌿 6’4 since that matters here. Thanks @mllywddrnr for the beautiful flicks 💫 #SeattleArt #SeattleArtists #SeattleArts #StevieShao #PacificNWFilms #SeattleArtist #ThrowRug
🥳 The second installment of @warholfoundation x Northwest Film Forum's COLLECTIVE POWER FUND is OPEN. Designed thru focus group feedback from the need for not just $$$ -- but growth and support as an artist. A trial for their larger grant later this fall, when they will be disbursing $60,000! 🌻✊🏽 Learn more or apply at collectivepowernw.org 🌻✊🏽 ⠀ NWFF is excited to offer an Artist Development Grant to six (6) individual, visual-based artists** who self-identify as 🐣 early to emerging 🐣 and who live in incorporated or unincorporated King County. Recipients will also receive the following non-monetary and artist development benefits:⠀ ⠀ - $750 unrestricted cash award;⠀ - A group exhibition at King Street Station with the other grant recipients;⠀ - Photos of work documentation (at King Street Station);⠀ - Professional headshots;⠀ - A short, promotional reel and interview featuring the artist and their work;⠀ - A 30-minute, 1-on-1 mentorship conversation with a juror;⠀ - Stipends to assist artists with King Street Station travel costs. ($50 for those in Seattle, $75 for those outside of Seattle.);⠀ - Consultation on and facilitation of mounting artwork within King Street Station **Eligible, visual-based disciplines include: 3D, animation, architecture, ceramics, comics, craft, dance, design, digital art, drawing, folk art, film, illustration, installation, murals, naive art, new media, outsider art, painting, performance, photography, printmaking, public art, sculpture, sound art, social practice, street art, traditional art, video, and VR/AR/XR. (Dance, performance, sound art, and social practice must be presented in a visual art context.) Artists who identify as BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, Person of Color), disabled, femme, gender non-conforming, LGBTQ+, undocumented, and/or live in unincorporated King County are strongly encouraged to apply.  QUESTIONS? Email Grants Manager Zach Frimmel at grants@nwfilmforum.org. ⠀ #SeattleFilm #SeattleFilms #SeattleFilmmaker #NWFF #NWFilmForum #NWFilms #NWFilmmakers #NWFilmmaker #SeattleFilmmakers #NWFilm #PacificNWFilms #FilmEducation #CollectivePowerFund #CollectivePower @seaofficeofarts
🥳 GET VACCINATED! 🥳 #Repost @katedehler • • • • • thrilled to have this piece about the joyful optimism surrounding vaccination in this morning's edition of the @morningbrew ! thanks to @willvarnerart for the assignment and AD ☀️ as a daily reader of the Brew, this was a real treat for me 🌼 . . . . . . #behance #creativedesign #designinspiration #dribbble #eyeondesign #graphicart #graphicdesign #graphicdesigndaily #graphicdesigner #graphicinspiration #visualarts #visualdesigner #visualgraphic #designfeed #designinspo #instadraw #illustrationoftheday #illustrationart #dailyillustration #illustagram #illo #illustrated #drawing #womenwhodraw #itsnicethat #TDKpeepshow #editorialillustration #illustration
❤ #Repost @afrostylemagz • • • • • T H I N K I N ' + R E F L E C T I N Shot by Sam Gold, styled by Sarah Daniella, hair by Timothy Aylward, MUA by Shayna Goldberg, add'l edit by artist Cortney Herron ft Francine Jamesja... Love it!! @shaynagold @sarahdaniellastyle @francine_jamesja @samgoldiloxx @timothyaylwardby @cortneyherron #fashion #fashionista #instagram #art #love #amazing #tbt #instagood #repost #selfie #lol #beautiful  #blackandwhite #photographer  #photo #photography  #summer #instadaily #photooftheday  #followme #me #fun #style  #throwback #color  WWW.AFROSTYLEMAG.COM
Kuessipan Reveals Teen Life in an Innu Community: Interview w/ Director Myriam Verrault -- READ: bit.ly/redefineinnu “I think cultural appropriation is a very important issue and a debate that we have to have in this society, because so many people do that with no respect. It’s not forbidden to make movies with a point of view that is exterior to another minority… but I think there’s a way to do it, and I think you can’t tell a story about them without them.” - Director Myriam Verreault /// Authentic and complex in its storytelling, Kuessipan is a naturalistic portrait of two teenage best friends living on an Innu reserve near Quebec, as they come of age in a colonized country. Loosely based off a book of the same name by First Nations Canadian writer Naomi Fontaine, the narrative feature film screenplay for Kuessipan was written as a collaboration between Fontaine and the film’s director, Myriam Verreault. The joint endeavor can be seen as a poetic hand-off between cultures. Translated from the Innu language, Kuessipan means “your turn” — and the film serves a strong indicator that authentic Indigenous stories are long overdue for their rightful place on-screen. /// This film is screening now at Northwest Film Forum @nwfilmforum -- details and tickets at nwfilmforum.org/calendar Full interview for Kuessipan at bit.ly/redefineinnu #Seattlefilm #SeattleFilmmaker #NWFF #NWFilmForum #NWFilms #NWFilmmakers #PNWFilms #ExperimentalFilm #ExperimentalFilm #NativeFilm #NativeFilms #IndigenousFilm #IndigenousFilms #FirstNationsFilm #FirstNationsFilms #Innu #Kuessipan #NaomiFontaine #MyriamVerreault @naofontaine @myverreault @tracyrectorart @longhousemedia @niatero