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Update #3: Uhhhhhhpdate! So many things happening with EFFPortland...
Hello, fantastic backers! Sorry that it has been a second since our last update- Ben and Hannah have been digging out from under a HUGE pile of submissions (over 400!) and loving every minute of it. We will be sending out notifications the first week of April, when Ben gets back from the Ann Arbor Film Festival (we are all so stoked for him! Kind of a big deal).
We wanted to send a quick note to keep you up on all things EFFPortland: Things are happening!
We will be partnering with Cinema Project on Thursday, May 24, for "The Animals and Their Limitations", a program of films by Jim Trainor, who will be in attendance at the event!
We will also be hosting exhibitions of video installation at Place gallery and galleryHOMELAND in May and June, with openings, panels, performances, and other events happening concurrently with the festival. We JUST finalized plans to hold two evenings of performance programs at the University of Oregon's White Box Gallery, where we are also hosting Vanessa Renwick's new installation Medusa Smack, fresh from its debut at the Portland2012 Biennial. We are so excited to be able to bring so much time-based expanded cinema to the inaugural year of this festival!
Speaking of Vanessa, we are THRILLED to announce that a presentation of her collaborations with Lori Goldston, Mighty Tacoma and Charismatic Megafauna, will close out the festival at the Hollywood Theatre on Sunday, May 27. Earlier that afternoon, we will be partnering with the Dill Pickle Club and their film lecture series "A Place Called Home"! We are enthusiastically co-presenting the "experimental" installment of this series at the Clinton Street Theater, with lectures by Jim Blashfield, Brooke Jacobson, and PDX Fest founder Matt McCormick! This day of denouement for EFFPortland will be a nice nod to the makers that have made PDX such a fantastic place to be an experimentalphile.
While we are still finalizing our program of screenings, we can tell you that Friday night, May 25, will feature back-to-back showcases of Portlandian shorts and International offerings, and that Saturday night, May 26 is the night of "Director's Picks": Ben and Hannah's favorite favorites (they are fighting it out as we speak).
So stay tuned! We will have many many more updates, including a more detailed screening schedule and a roster of installation artists, very very soon. We'll have images, clips, news, and much, much more for you as the festival's opening draws closer, and come May we will be contacting you to get you your sweet, sweet EFFPortland swag. We couldn't be doing all of this without you guys, so THANK YOU again, from the bottom of our little EFF'd up hearts.
As always, you can find us on our website and our Facebook Page. Never hesitate to holler!
Update #2: WE DID IT!
As we embark into the last hours of this campaign, we wanted to take a moment to thank each and every one of you for contributing towards the success of EFFPortland.
We are so excited to have met- nay, exceeded!- our goal, and we could not have done it without your support and generosity.
So thank you thank you thank you! And stay tuned- we'll have lots of news to report about our programming very soon.
Update #1: HOME STRETCH!
A Big EFF'n HELLO to our Backers (and potential backers)!
First of all- THANK YOU for your contribution to the inaugural year of EFFPortland!!! We have been busting our humps to make this a fantastic event, and we will have all sorts of exciting news to share with y'all very soon.
In the meantime, if you happen to be Portlandian or from points nearby, we would like to invite you and your friends to an awesome upcoming event on Saturday, February 18th, at the fabulous emerging DIY classroom/performance space/workspace Boom Bap! * on 640 SE Stark. We will be promoting the last days of our Kickstarter effort as well as celebrating experimental media and giving attendees a little taste (an amuse bouche, if you will) of what's to come in May.
Doors open at 7:30, with interactive performances from artists Jesse Mejia and LightTroupe. There will be a special video screening from the Grand Detour Collection, bookended by fun, fun, fun music by Maui and Papa and toyboat toyboat toyboat, Pink wig? Definitely. Volcano? Maybe. Party-time gelatin goodness? MOST ASSUREDLY. There's also been talk of hand-customized EFFPortland volcano lighters available for purchase, and you'll get to meet the men and women behind the EFF effort.
With only 10 days left and the prize within sight (we are just about 2/3 funded! Wahooo!) we are pulling out all the stops and hope you will, too!
Please share with your friends and family the really cool rewards we have waiting for them on Kickstarter. Post to Facebook, send an email, smoke-signal the link, and let the world know how awesome you are for contributing and encourage them to be awesome too!
If you're not a local, don't you worry- we still love you! As we confirm programming for the festival, we will be sure to keep you in the loop. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you for your support. We are full steam ahead and can't tell you how humbled and grateful we are to have you behind us.
Again, our deepest thanks and we hope to see you out on the 18th- it is going to be one cool party!
*DO check these kids out. They are headed for great things and we are STOKED to be working with them!
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This project successfully raised its funding goal on February 22.
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Thanks so much! We will put your name on our website and festival program as a generous supporter of EFFPortland 2012.
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Not only will we thank you on the web and in print, we'd also like to send you personalized, handmade postcard with some nice words to thank you for your trouble.
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Along with thank-yous on the web and in our program, we'll send you a handmade card with a handmade EFFPortland thaumatrope (experimental animation toy)!
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SURPRISE! We're sending you a media gift. As experimental artists, we love making things out of other things and into new and cool things. We want to send you one of these things. You'll also receive an EFFPortland thaumatrope, a handmade thank-you card, and a place in our illustrious backers list online and in the program.
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CONGRATULATIONS! You win a trophy! Whether it's for participation in a basketball tournament or MVP of a girls' soccer team, the plaque will have your name on it. Display proudly to show your friends that you support experimental media. With your repurposed and personalized trophy, you will receive an EFFPortland thaumatrope, and handmade thank-you card, and a mention on our website and in the festival program.
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RING RING! Backers receive an "EFF Mobile" experimental telephone kit (as seen in our Kickstarter video). Great for kids and kids at heart to play with. We'll include a handmade card, an EFFPortland thaumatrope, and a mention on our website and in the festival program.
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(LOCALS ONLY) Backers receive ONE TICKET to the EFFPortland 2012 screening of your choice, along with a handmade card and thaumatrope, and thank-yous on the web and in print.
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SURPRISE and CONGRATULATIONS! You get a trophy and an experimental media gift. Your swag will be packaged with a handmade card and thaumatrope and you will be thanked in our backers section online and in the program.
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(LOCALS ONLY) Experimental Catering! Think you know jello? Think again! The Gelatineuse herself (Grand Detour member and EFFPortland Co-Director Hannah Piper Burns) uses fresh, gourmet ingredients and innovative techniques to create delicious, sophisticated gelatin treats perfect for any occasion! Backers at this level receive a personalized consultation to develop a recipe. The Gelatineuse will then make you batch of your very own gourmet gelatin in either a mold or single-serving bites. Serves approx. 20. Commence the jigglin'! (We will also mention you on our website and in print and you will receive an EFFPortland thaumatrope to play with while the gelatin sets)
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Show your EFF Pride with an official EFFPortland2012 Logo Tee and a FREE TICKET to any EFFPortland 2012 screening.
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The fun will be ERUPTING when you receive your official EFFPortland Volcano Kit! It's everything you need to make a classic model volcano, with some experimental twists. Great for kids, classes, or adult boredom.
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As a token of our gratitude, we'd like to send you a DVD of selected works from our inaugural festival, in addition to a handmade card, an EFFPortland thaumatrope, and a shout-out in our program and on our website.
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Woo! You will receive everything from the $50 level (a DVD of selected works from our inaugural festival, in addition to a handmade card, an EFFPortland thaumatrope, and a shout-out in our program and on our website), plus, we'll throw in ONE FREE TICKET to any EFFPortland 2012 event.
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LOCALS ONLY EFFPortland is your oyster! You'll receive a wristband allowing access to ANY EFFPortland event throughout the festival, as well as a DVD of selected works from our juried programs.
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OUT-OF-TOWNER KIT Can't make it to our inaugural festival? Fear not! We'll do everything to make you feel like you were there- you'll get a DVD of selected works from our juried screenings, a program signed by the EFFPortland Directors, a trophy celebrating your contribution, a handmade thank-you card and thaumatrope, and an official EFFPortland 2012 Logo Tee! You will also be thanked on our website and in the program.
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FUN WITH LIGHT AND MAGIC! Ben Popp, experimental animator and EFFPortland co-director, will put together a direct animation kit for you, with everything you need to make handmade films with drawing, collage, or whatever else your beautiful mind can dream up. Perfect for craft project days, rainy days, and days when you just feel like making something cool. All kits come with a thaumatrope, handmade card, and a mention in our festival program and on our website.
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LOCALS ONLY Jiggly Screening Party! The Gelatineuse will bring a batch of custom gourmet gelatin for 20 derived from a recipe developed in a personal consultation, as well as a DVD of selected works from EFFPortland 2012. She will be on hand to answer questions during and after the screening and present you with your EFFPortland 2012 Logo Tee and sponsor trophy, and you get to keep the DVD (and the leftovers)!
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WE'RE LISTENING! This is your chance: you get to take out a full-page ad in in the EFFPortland 2012 festival program, and use it for WHATEVER YOU WANT.* Marriage proposals, art, manifestos, and shameless self-promotion are just SOME of the possibilities we welcome and encourage. *no hateful, defamatory, discriminatory, libelous, or illegal content please.
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EFFIN VIP! Backers at this supreme level of awesomeness receive a wristband for access to all EFFPortland 2012 events, a jiggly screening party, a trophy, an official EFFPortland 2012 Logo Tee, and an EFFPortland volcano kit, in addition to the thaumatrope, handmade card, and gratitude via print and web.
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Grand Detour is a Portland, Oregon-based emerging microcinema and experimental media center committed to supporting, enhancing, and connecting the community of new media artists in Portland and beyond. Currently hosting screenings and curating video work across the city, and planting the seeds towards the larger goal of becoming Portland’s hub for innovative video and media-related artworks, Grand Detour is a haven for underground artists, educators, cultural workers, and community discourse.
