POUR the WATER as I LEAVE :
Installation, Vol I : Film in Progress
MARCH 3 - 31 2023
220 SE Market Street, Portland OR 97214
opening night doors at 5pm close at 10pm
IN PERSON EVENTS:
Portland is home to a strong Bosnian community and many are former refugees who made home here after the Balkan War in 1990’s. In the animated documentary film Pour the Water as I Leave, which is currently in production in Portland, they tell their story, many for the first time. Experience the filmmaking process in the first installation of a series which invites viewers to walk inside this film-in-progress. The exhibition features behind the scenes photography by Simone Fischer, hand drawn animation cels and animated excerpts from the film by Daniela Repas, the Bosnian born and Portland based director, animator and creator of Pour the Water as I Leave. Produced by Shrine13 and Six Billion Suns Productions, and hosted by Sator Projects. The exhibition is funded in part by the Regional Arts & Culture Council.
THIS EVENT IS A FUNDRAISER FOR THE FILM PRODUCTION. ALL THE TICKET SALES GO TO THE PRODUCTION OF THE Pour the Water as I Leave.
VIRTUAL EVENTS:
THIS EVENT IS A FUNDRAISER FOR THE FILM PRODUCTION. REGISTRATION COMING SOON.
THIS EVENT IS A FUNDRAISER FOR THE FILM PRODUCTION. ALL THE TICKET SALES GO TO THE PRODUCTION OF THE Pour the Water as I Leave.
Photo by Simone Fisher Animation cel by Daniela Repas
DANIELA REPAS is a Bosnian born award winning visual artist and a filmmaker based in Portland, Oregon. Her work depicts storytelling through multiple mediums, from drawing and animation to installation and film. She has shown her work nationally and internationally, from New York to New Zealand, participating as an artist, a curator and as one of the founding members of DripDrop Collective. Their multidisciplinary installation Reduced Conception was awarded Best Installation Award at PLATFROM An International Animation Festival in 2007. She is a recipient of the prestigious Dorothy Lemelson Scholarship in 2005 and an alumna of the Pacific Northwest College of Art, where she earned an MFA in Visual Studies in 2020. Her debut as a film director of the award-winning short film Mnemonics steered her work to the intersection of film and art. In 2019 she was a recipient of the Princess Grace Award for film and an IEFTA selected emerging filmmaker for her award winning short film Dogs of Home. She is currently working on her first feature animated film Pour the Water as I Leave which was selected as a spotlighted project at Cannes Marché du Film and MIFA Pitches at Annecy International Animation Festival.
SIMONE FISCHER is a visual artist based out of Portland, Oregon. She is a multidisciplinary artist who specializes in photography, installation, sculpture, writing and performance. During undergrad she studied philosophy & gender studies at Portland State University, earning her Bachelor’s degree in 2013. Simone completed her MFA at Pacific Northwest College of Art and completed her MFA in 2020.In June 2021, after/time gallery presented Simone’s most recent solo exhibition “a sermon for crows” curated by Todd Molinari. Simone’s work has been shown at the Lodge Gallery (2018), Glass Gallery (2020)at Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen, Germany (2020). In 2019 she attended the Caldera Arts Artist-in-Residence program in Sisters, OR. She published ANTITOURS Volume 1 through the after/time gallery residency in 2021.
MARCH 3 to 31 - Online Auction and Virtual Exhibition
Connect with the film virtually by participating in our online auction and exhibition.
THIS EVENT IS A FUNDRAISER FOR THE FILM PRODUCTION. REGISTRATION COMING SOON.
ONLINE AUCTION
VIRTUAL EXHIBITION
MARCH 17 - Community and Storytelling panel
doors at 5pm
panel at 6pm
Join us and learn about the film production, process of making an animated documentary, impact strategies and refugee communities.
Our panel guests are: Simone Fisher (photography), Daniela Repas (animation, direction), Jessica Daugherty (production), Peter Newbegin (Portland Refugee Support Group).
MARCH 31 - Film Fundraiser and Closing Night Party
doors at 5pm
close at 10pm
Join us at the biggest event of the exhibition!
At this closing night fundraiser all the proceeds will go to the production of the film Pour the Water as I Leave. Support independent Portland filmmakers and support the Portland refugee community.
-
enjoy food and drinks all evening
-
live music and dancing
-
view the exhibition where you can purchase original animation cels and behind the scenes photographs from the film
-
meet the filmmakers and interviewees from the film
-
first look at an excerpt from the feature film
-
participate in the Feed the Need live fundraiser
-
meet Portland Refugee Support Group
To get the ticket for this event and register for the Feed the Need live fundraiser and the online auction, PLEASE CLICK THE BUTTON BELOW.
THIS EXHIBITION AND A FUNDRAISER ARE IN SUPPORT OF THE FEATURE ANIMATED DOCUMENTARY Pour the Water as I Leave.
Pour the Water as I Leave is an animated, narrative/documentary hybrid feature film. It tells a story about what happened to Bosnians 25 years ago and how it relates to the refugees all over the world today. This film is structured as a hybrid of narrative and documentary. The narrative follows two protagonists, a man and a woman, attempting to escape Bosnia during the 1990’s Bosnian war. On their path, they encounter real Bosnian people, seven interviewees from BiH, whose testimonies reveal what it takes to go through the war zone, become a refugee and find a new home in a foreign country. By threading the fiction and documentary, the film offers a line of communication between the past and present with intent to make space for empathy and understanding of the current refugee crisis in the world.
TO MAKE A TAX DEDUCTIBLE DONATION AND BECOME A PART OF A COMMUNITY SUPPORTING THIS FILM PLEASE CLICK THE DONATE BUTTON.