Nancy and the Dapper Toad Screening

Nancy and the Dapper Toad will be screening next week (in HD!) as part of the LA ShortsFest!!

It's slotted for Wednesday, July 28th at 7:45pm at the Laemmle Sunset 5 (8000 Sunset Blvd. West Hollywood).

www.lashortsfest.com

Myrna the Monster Goes to the Movies

Will she make it??

Myrna the Monster Goes to the Movies from Ian Samuels on Vimeo.

This was made for the 2010 CalArts showcase screenings. There is a slightly different version for each screening: film/video, program in film directing and experimental animation.

Ian loves felt now

I made a bunch of wayward felt hand puppets for a comedy group in LA. They still need clothes but they are on their way.

German TV Making of The Neverending Story 1984

Just thought some of this practical work was fascinating. Particularly part 4.

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Imagined Spaces/Imagined Lives Performance this weekend

This weekend I'll be performing in a wacky puppet production. Here's the info:

Imagined Spaces/ Imagined Lives is a series of collaborations between architects and puppet theater artists. Ephemeral citizens inhabit impossible and impractical inventions. Building codes and zoning laws are dispensed with. Spacial hallucinations are investigated and architectural archeology is unearthed. These collaborations take the form of topographical maps, walking tours, puppet shows, installations and animated architectural models.

PART I
Friday, June 5 - Sunday, June 7th at 8PM

Each night will begin at The Manual Archives and conclude a short distance away at Materials and Applications:
3320 W Sunset Boulevard LA, CA 90026-------->1619 Silver Lake Blvd. LA, CA 90026


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EXHIBIT A
by Tom Pejic, Monica Oller, Katie Shook and Susan Simpson with Marc Nimoy

8 pm, at Manual Archives



NAME/HERE: a guided walking tour
by DanRae Wilson and Julia Hiser

8:30 pm, starting at Manual Archives and ending at Materials and Applications




AN EXCITED PLASMA EVENT, ONE DAY ON TILAPIA ISLAND; THE END
by Yelena Zhelezov, Oliver Hess
performed by Ian Samuels, Zoe Aja Moore and Kyle Leeser

9 pm, at Materials and Applications



For Tickets and More Information go to www.manualarchives.org

Liquid

Nancy and the Dapper Toad Stills

Some stills from the short I'm working on.