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Swim (5:11)
Jon Goldman + Chip Moore | Cambridge, MA
For many people the idea of an “out of the way” beach means an idyllic surrounding separated from the realities of the world; A place to swim, enjoy the sun, be with family and relax. Ambrose Jearld is an African American fisheries biologist from Robeson County, North Carolina. He remembers swimming at a seashore where “out of the way” meant both that and something quite different.
Near Myrtle Beach, South Carolina lies Atlantic Beach, a small African-American resort town. To this day it exists apart from the adjacent strand, historically and still practically a segregated beach. SWIM is a short animated film based on Jearld’s memories of a Southern African American family going to the beach. The film explores the subject using hand-drawn and computer-based animation with archival footage both aural and visual.
Producer Biographies:
Jon Goldman
Called a "digital renaissance man" by the Boston Globe, Jon Goldman is a media artist who works as a writer/producer/editor. While his concentration is currently focused on digital video his work is informed by his training as a painter, a sculptor and a director for the stage. Goldman has produced for Al Jazeera English a recent segment on the efforts of a Louisiana chemist to fight for environmental justice in the post Katrina gulf Coast. He is currently finishing a documentary on the humor of David Lasagna, called LAYERS OF LASAGNA, a trailer of which can be seen on his website: http://thoughtballoonmedia.com In addition to Al Jazeera English, he has produced for Discovery Channel and many industrial films. Swim is his first collaboration with fellow animator, Chip Moore.
Mr. Goldman received his Masters in Science in Visual Studies from MIT (1985) at the Center for Advanced Visual Studies and his B.A. in Theater at Connecticut College, attended Middlesex University in London, the National Theatre Institute, and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. He has won many awards including an InterArts grant from the NEA and Rockefeller Foundation for his computer-controlled inflatable sculpture.
Goldman currently runs his studio, THOUGHT BALLOON MEDIA, which serves as a laboratory for the development and exhibition of new work. His past innovative work in gigantic inflatable sculptures have been exhibited in and on museums and galleries throughout the U.S., Japan, Korea and Hong Kong. His work is in many collections including the Smithsonian's Cooper Hewitt National Museum of Design’s permanent collection.
Chip Moore
Chip Moore grew up in Myrtle Beach, SC, a few miles down the coast from Atlantic Beach, SC. He remembers as a boy seeing ropes running from the sand dunes to the surf to mark off the beach in front of Atlantic Beach for African Americans and to exclude them from the rest of the strand. "Swim" is an attempt by him to discover what was happening within those ropes. He studied animation and computer graphics programming at the Massachusetts College of Art and Harvard University. His films have been shown at numerous venues and film festivals. His animated film "swing", about a lynching in rural SC at the turn of the last century, is currently scheduled to play at numerous film festival around the country. He lives in Cambridge, MA.
Jon Goldman
Called a "digital renaissance man" by the Boston Globe, Jon Goldman is a media artist who works as a writer/producer/editor. While his concentration is currently focused on digital video his work is informed by his training as a painter, a sculptor and a director for the stage. Goldman has produced for Al Jazeera English a recent segment on the efforts of a Louisiana chemist to fight for environmental justice in the post Katrina gulf Coast. He is currently finishing a documentary on the humor of David Lasagna, called LAYERS OF LASAGNA, a trailer of which can be seen on his website: http://thoughtballoonmedia.com In addition to Al Jazeera English, he has produced for Discovery Channel and many industrial films. Swim is his first collaboration with fellow animator, Chip Moore.
Mr. Goldman received his Masters in Science in Visual Studies from MIT (1985) at the Center for Advanced Visual Studies and his B.A. in Theater at Connecticut College, attended Middlesex University in London, the National Theatre Institute, and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. He has won many awards including an InterArts grant from the NEA and Rockefeller Foundation for his computer-controlled inflatable sculpture.
Goldman currently runs his studio, THOUGHT BALLOON MEDIA, which serves as a laboratory for the development and exhibition of new work. His past innovative work in gigantic inflatable sculptures have been exhibited in and on museums and galleries throughout the U.S., Japan, Korea and Hong Kong. His work is in many collections including the Smithsonian's Cooper Hewitt National Museum of Design’s permanent collection.
Chip Moore
Chip Moore grew up in Myrtle Beach, SC, a few miles down the coast from Atlantic Beach, SC. He remembers as a boy seeing ropes running from the sand dunes to the surf to mark off the beach in front of Atlantic Beach for African Americans and to exclude them from the rest of the strand. "Swim" is an attempt by him to discover what was happening within those ropes. He studied animation and computer graphics programming at the Massachusetts College of Art and Harvard University. His films have been shown at numerous venues and film festivals. His animated film "swing", about a lynching in rural SC at the turn of the last century, is currently scheduled to play at numerous film festival around the country. He lives in Cambridge, MA.
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Its been a long time since I
Posted by: akshay_blizz, November 7, 2009 - 15:41
Its been a long time since I saw some good animated movie. I love these kind of themes.
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He has won many awards
Posted by: dew_drops, November 6, 2009 - 14:31
He has won many awards including an InterArts grant from the NEA and Rockefeller Foundation for his computer-controlled inflatable sculpture.
Thanks for that. I think
Posted by: Spacedust, October 19, 2009 - 10:39
Thanks for that. I think that I'll check this out when staying in holiday villas. Normally I stay in Florida but think that this year I'll visit South Carolina.