My home has hardly changed, as far as appearances, in the twenty years we’ve lived there. Well except for the twenty years worth of collected junk. I now am separated enough to appreciate, not cringe, at its eccentricities. The opossum coming through the window was no longer embarrassing, nor the stray cats snakes, and raccoons. And now the packrat in the side-room comically chews up my dad’s collection of wires, beads, and clothes, finding pieces for its own nest, or midden. In retaining my dad’s spirit to create my own hoarder’s nest, I collected and made things that I was attracted to, and found their purpose as I went. By bringing all of these scraps and trash together in an animation, I’m realizing their potential in a way that my dad has never seemed to manage with his own treasures.

Work to date in order of appearance: 00:03-00:07 | "Maybe In Another Life" | all done by Adriana Gramly 00:07-00:15 | "We're Only Here for Onions" | all done by Adriana Gramly 00:15-00:21 | "Midden" | all done by Adriana Gramly 00:21-00:26 | "Summer Post" | all done by Adriana Gramly at Mighty Oak 00:26-00:31 | "College Closures" | all done by Adriana Gramly for Third Way 00:31-00:40 | "Temple Fun" | all done by Adriana Gramly, story excerpt from True Story Time Podcast 00:40-00:45 | "Midden" | all done by Adriana Gramly 00:45-00:56 | "We're Only Here for Onions" | all done by Adriana Gramly 00:56-01:00 | "1927" | all done by Adriana Gramly, story read by David Gramly 01:00-01:04 | "We're Only Here for Onions" | all done by Adriana Gramly 01:04-01:07 | "Midden" | all done by Adriana Gramly 01:07-01:13 | "Vagarious" | all done by Adriana Gramly 01:13-01:18 | "BWR" | all done by Adriana Gramly

A visual collage and interpretation of the lore of Colonel Percival Harrison Fawcett. A man obsessed with finding the lost City of Z, his eden.

Inspired by the time in the artists life when her father was in intensive care and fighting cancer. The scenes depict three moments of childhood obliviousness to the serious surrounding situations. She is lead though the stressful time by her beanie-baby Dalmatian as a comforting companion.

That un-ignorable magnetism to another whom slips our grips. It is when you know you can't be with them that you are forced to enter another reality in which you can pursue and almost touch, your love.

An edited excerpt taken from a True Story podcast episode. This voice is personified as a monkey out in the jungle who wasn't so sure about if he was going to make it out alive after him and his bros go out for an adventure.

Independent project RISD 2015

BWR is all original images. Approaching this animation through the lens of a Black, White, and Red color palette helped her filter the world and see patterns. This short animation also explores the use of a blank white frame in order to see an after image and have a strobing effect.