Up Close

2021

Mixed media stop motion, animated paintings

Hold me like an amphitheater, I need space to stretch my longing.-
Touch starved and hell bent, an animated exhale of earthly hungers.

A film by Sam Gurry
Text & performance by lydon frank lettuce
Sound editing by Daniel Crook

Created from a series of paintings, Up Close is a rumination on loneliness, sexual desire, and tactile comfort. After a year of so many screens, sterility rejected in favor of a more texturally satisfying environ. Where is your favorite place to rest your chin? A neck, a soft curve, a pocket of nestled flesh? Stay here, with me, and we can count each stroke.

Select Screenings:

Outfest LGBTQ+ Film Festival - Los Angeles, CA

Crossroads Film Festival - Oakland, CA

London Short Film Festival - London, UK

Reimagining Queer Liberation - Pleasuredome, Toronto