THE PROJECTS is a festival of experimental comics and narrative arts, happening at the IPRC in Portland on October 19-21, 2012.
3 days of workshops, exhibitions, panels, performances, projections and collaborative projects. Introducing experimental artists from comics, animation, and other narrative arts.
The festival is a free event, oriented toward creative process, idiosyncratic expression, and inspiration, leaving behind the flat model of comics as commerce.
Festival guests will each have a small space in which they are free to represent themselves or their collective the way they feel is best. This could be space for an exhibition, muraling, staging a performance, distributing their work, etc. This space will be open to the public, so it can also be the site of a collaborative project.
Guest list (so far)
Austin English
Drippy Bone Books
Jonny Negron
Kevin Hooyman
Le Dernier Cri
Igor Hofbauer
Anna Ehrlemark
Experimental Half-Hour
Panayiotis Terzis
Plink Flojd
Profanity Hill
Sammy Harkham
Alex Chiu
Angie Wang
Matthew Thurber
Lale Westvind
Bwana Spoons
Skinner
Taleen Kalendarian
Gridlords
WORKSHOPS: Various free workshops on screenprinting, animation, book-making, and more…
PANELS: Conversations with artists and discussions about topics in experimental narrative arts
EXHIBITIONS: Shows at multiple galleries and shops across the city
Friday 6-8pm – Book release and signing with Jonny Negron & Sammy Harkham, Floating World Comics
Saturday 9:30pm – Plink Flojd animation screening, live music by Regular Music and Nice Nice, Hollywood Theater
Sunday 9pm – Closing party curated by Experimental Half Hour, Holocene
SIDE PROGRAM: Projections, animation screenings, performances, and music shows
POP-UP SHOP: You don’t have to sit behind a table – we’ll handle that!
Thanks to our sponsors: IPRC, Ninkasi Brewing Company, Blossoming Louts, Sizzle Pie, Hollywood Theater, Ford Building