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Disconnect, Michigan

Michigan gets a bad rap. Newscasters have thrown around terms such as wasteland or dystopia when describing our mitten-shaped neighbor. All of the gloom makes this peninsula seem uninhabitable. Despite visions of empty factories and urban prairies, it’s not true.

Disconnect, Michigan

Michigan gets a bad rap. Newscasters have thrown around terms such as wasteland or dystopia when describing our mitten-shaped neighbor. All of the gloom makes this peninsula seem uninhabitable. Despite visions of empty factories and urban prairies, it’s not true.

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Trapped in Amber

This is the short story of one man who was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. Song featured: “Hiraethus” by Daedelus.

Trapped in Amber

This is the short story of one man who was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. Song featured: “Hiraethus” by Daedelus.

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Bubbles

Times have been hard lately and people are looking a bit glummer than usual. I decided to head down to Lansing and Cleveland with a backpack full of bubbles and see what I could stir up. This happy video is

Bubbles

Times have been hard lately and people are looking a bit glummer than usual. I decided to head down to Lansing and Cleveland with a backpack full of bubbles and see what I could stir up. This happy video is

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Sixteen Tons

Using stickering/graffiti and lyrics from Tennessee Ernie Fords’ song, “Sixteen Tons,” I wanted to draw a connection between coal mining days past and the tenuous ties Lansing (and greater Michigan) has to the auto industry. Song featured: “Great Day (Instrumental)”

Sixteen Tons

Using stickering/graffiti and lyrics from Tennessee Ernie Fords’ song, “Sixteen Tons,” I wanted to draw a connection between coal mining days past and the tenuous ties Lansing (and greater Michigan) has to the auto industry. Song featured: “Great Day (Instrumental)”

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Demian

This is a compact visual retelling of the novel Demian, by Herman Hesse. Made in the vein of a cinematic trailer, construction paper characters and type were created, scanned, and then manipulated in after effects. Song featured: “Long Live Mice

Demian

This is a compact visual retelling of the novel Demian, by Herman Hesse. Made in the vein of a cinematic trailer, construction paper characters and type were created, scanned, and then manipulated in after effects. Song featured: “Long Live Mice

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Snow Graffiti: Protest With Kool-Aid

Snow Graffiti is a quick documentary taken as an experiment was fleshed out. The idea: Snow provides an incredible blank canvas, so why not take advantage of it? In our case, we wanted to bring to light the ecological practices

Snow Graffiti: Protest With Kool-Aid

Snow Graffiti is a quick documentary taken as an experiment was fleshed out. The idea: Snow provides an incredible blank canvas, so why not take advantage of it? In our case, we wanted to bring to light the ecological practices

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This Is Why I Love

This was created as a visual adaptation of the dadaist game, “Exquisite Corpse.” The words are taken directly from an exquisite piece and the video was my response to the last ten seconds of another video (which was a response

This Is Why I Love

This was created as a visual adaptation of the dadaist game, “Exquisite Corpse.” The words are taken directly from an exquisite piece and the video was my response to the last ten seconds of another video (which was a response

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No Better Time

No Better Time considers the narrative of an emotional eater at half-speed and in reverse. Song featured: “Who Wellses in My Hoff (Reversed)” by Avey Tare and Kria Brekken.

No Better Time

No Better Time considers the narrative of an emotional eater at half-speed and in reverse. Song featured: “Who Wellses in My Hoff (Reversed)” by Avey Tare and Kria Brekken.

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Michigan To New Mexico Via Rail

This was my view while traveling by train from East Lansing, Michigan to Abiquiu, New Mexico, where I volunteered at Ghost Ranch. Still pictures were taken from my window seat every seven minutes for the entirety of the 36 hours

Michigan To New Mexico Via Rail

This was my view while traveling by train from East Lansing, Michigan to Abiquiu, New Mexico, where I volunteered at Ghost Ranch. Still pictures were taken from my window seat every seven minutes for the entirety of the 36 hours

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Escape

Escape is an animated type treatment inspired by a quote from Kurt Vonnegut’s book, “God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian.” Song featured: “Breast Cake/Penis Sleeve” by Dan Deacon.

Escape

Escape is an animated type treatment inspired by a quote from Kurt Vonnegut’s book, “God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian.” Song featured: “Breast Cake/Penis Sleeve” by Dan Deacon.

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A Bowl Of Cereal

This was a fun project done over lunch. While channeling a bit of sesame street, the objective was to animate the letter A on screen and off screen in 10 seconds — nothing more and nothing less. This is my

A Bowl Of Cereal

This was a fun project done over lunch. While channeling a bit of sesame street, the objective was to animate the letter A on screen and off screen in 10 seconds — nothing more and nothing less. This is my

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Twigs

A walk through the woods, coupled with a recent Halloween, led me to this very short interpretation of a haunted forest. Song featured: “Untitled” by Panda Bear.

Twigs

A walk through the woods, coupled with a recent Halloween, led me to this very short interpretation of a haunted forest. Song featured: “Untitled” by Panda Bear.

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