The Grief Manuscript
The Grief Manuscript video is a multi-media collaborative response to the raw and imagistic language of the book by Frankie Rollins. Artists, animators, composers, and musicians created evocative pieces in response to this book describing the post-divorce grief process. Produced during the pandemic, the quilt of motion, color, and sound in this experimental video speaks to the dream-like and repeating gestures of loss we experience on a personal and global level, while illustrating the power of art-making as salve.
Author Frankie Rollins’ second book, the flash fiction novella, The Grief Manuscript, was released in May 2020 during the pandemic. To celebrate the release of the book, Rollins invited various accomplished artists, videographers, and musicians to create art in response to the imagistic text. The resulting video is a rich tapestry of vivid compositions.
This unconventional video was directed and produced by multi-media artist and composer, Samantha Bounkeua (Arts Foundation of Tucson & Southern AZ grant recipient & Rogue Violin Studios LLC founder), and digital artist, Cyane Tornatzky (recipient of SUPERNOVA’s Director’s Choice selection in Denver, September 2020 for the animation “Where I Am When I’m Not with You”).
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FEATURED ARTISTS:
Chas Foster (Gifs: Grievous gifs) - https://www.instagram.com/chas_foster/
Cyane Tornatzky (Art Direction, Co-Producer, Cell image, Right Angle, Eyes, Animation: Teeth, Triangle, Moth, Snakes, Duets) - http://cyanerollinstornatzky.com/
Eric Aldrich (Audio: Spinning Out) - https://ericaldrich.net/
Frankie Abralind (Painting: “Shh Something” 67” x 37” Coffee, Orange Blossom Kool-aid, and India Ink on Watercolor Paper) - https://www.frankieabralind.com/
Frankie Rollins (Writer/Narrator) - http://www.frankierollins.com/
Jim Doran (Animation: Everything is Over) - http://www.doranimation.com/
Jimi Gianatti (Sign Art: Grief Title, I Suffer, I Was Already, Dust Storm, You Don’t Know It, Crash, Shh) - https://www.popnarkotic.com/
Kevin Monko and Linda Figliola and Olivia Monko (Video: Barbie and the Weight of Keyso, Escape screens) - https://monkophoto.com/
Kimi Eisele (Paper Finches) - http://www.kimieisele.com/
Larry Tamanini (Jazz guitar) - http://www.larrytamanini.bandcamp.com/
Marilyn Keating (Animation: Drawing Burden Animal) http://www.marilynkeating.net/
Samantha Bounkeua (Director, Co-Producer, Animation: Clay Moon Walking) -https://www.rogueviolin.com/
