Render Me Softly presents: "Soft Becomings" & "The Body as a Site for Tenderness"

Render Me Softly presents a two-part experimental animation screening this Sunday, April 26th at 6 PM at Lake Affect Studios (1615 E 25th St, Cleveland, OH 44114). This event is free, followed by a small reception in Laura Camila Medina and Valentino Quijano's studio at Lake Affect.

Soft Becomings: features animations that focus on childhood, family & intergenerational dynamics, memory, and coming of age.
The Body as a Site for Tenderness: highlights films that center the body as a journey of acceptance, love, desire, and transformation.

Films by: Alexis Taylor Hurlbut, Amy Chasse, Annie Chrissy Burley, Areli Garcia Natividad, Ash Bayer, Brianna Fairbrother, Catie Cook, Elaine Yue, Em Yue, James Negron, Jazzee Rozier, Joey Liu, Judy Zhao, Leili Arai Tavallaei, Lexy Ho-Tai, Luca Isa Trujillo, Maggie Murphy, Mike Schmidt, Naomi Kuropatwa, Oona Taper, Paige Elexis Jones, Rachel Ferber, Sam Gurry, & Scout Bach.
This screening is part of Render Me Softly, a pop-up animation festival in Cleveland, OH. Organized by Laura Camila Medina and supported through SPACES’ Satellite Fund and the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, the festival highlights themes of tenderness, transformation, and becoming through free screenings, workshops, and dialogue.

*Flyer features stills from: Screen Memory by Maggie Murphy & Venus in the Mirror by Luca Isa Trujillo*