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Deerly premieres animated film Via Onda Corta
Tue, 07/16/2024 - 2:42pm
UL Lafayette Department of Visual Arts Department Head and Professor Erik Deerly recently had his animated film, Vía Onda Corta (2024), screened at the El Ojo Iluso 2024, Festival de Cine de Animación in San Cristóbal, Venezuela. This short film provides an immersive experience that delves into the lush and vibrant tropical forest. With breathtaking visuals and sound, the film takes you on a mesmerizing journey to uncover the mystique of this natural wonderland. Vía Onda Corta is a captivating, animated tri-channel audio-visual cinematic project. Click on the image below to view the animation:
“With the name Illusive Eye the optical process by which animation occurs in our brain by generating movement from the illusion produced by the rapid exposure to images in sequence is evoked. Animation offers the construction of credible universes, capable of freeing us from the limits of immediate reality.”
Erik Deerly is a visual and sound artist, exhibiting across the Americas and in Asia and Europe. His work focuses on the exploration of synesthetic experiences and is driven by interests in perception, cognition, time, and movement. Erik’s range of work includes audio, film, and installation. Awards include a New Frontiers of Creativity Grant, multiple film festival honors, a South by Southwest Interactive prize, a Lumen Prize selection, and an Aesthetica Art Prize. Erik is a professor of new media and the Department Head of Visual Arts at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. He is the founder and Managing Editor of Burningword Literary Journal.
Recent or forthcoming exhibitions, screenings, and performances include El Ojo Iluso 2024, Festival de Cine de Animación, San Cristóbal, Venezuela; 2023 International Electroacoustic Music Exhibition, MUSLAB, Guayaquil, Ecuador; and VideoMedeja International Video Festival 27, in Novi Sad, Serbia. His most recent sound art album, A Sense of Place, was released in 2022 by Arpaviva Recordings, a non-profit new music and media company in the US and France.
Fundacion Cultural Bordes
Carrera 17 & Pasaje Acueducto
San Cristóbal, Venezuela