The Frog
*cw: themes of family death, climate disaster.
First project of the new year- a foray into stop motion animation using only construction paper and black pen, based loosely around a dream I had in 2018.
448 frames. 122 individual paper pieces. 4 days of work between writing, creating the pieces, shooting, and editing. A lot of years of thinking about it before actually doing it.
#art #animation #stopmotion #stopmotionanimation #frog #climateart #voiceover
Julian Socha is Ziz
What's harder? Surviving the end of the world or dating a DJ?
Vile Isle begins performances tomorrow!
Julian Socha is thrilled to be returning to Vile Isle for its Midtown debut. Favorite credits include: Vile Isle (Lenfest Center for the Arts); Dreaming Out Loud (reading at New York Theatre Workshop); Missing Socks and a Line of Coke (People's Theatre Project); Dracula (Actors Theatre of Louisville); Missing Socks and a Line of Coke (People's Theatre Project); Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare in the Club); Bloom Bloom Pow (Arts on Site); Taming of the Shrew (Shakespeare Dallas); Henry VI (Great River Shakespeare). Training: BFA, University of Oklahoma; PTC at Actors Theatre of Louisville; Acting Apprentice at Great River Shakespeare Festival.
Julian Socha (Ziz) is thrilled to be returning to Vile Isle for its Midtown debut. Favorite credits include: Vile Isle (Lenfest Center for the Arts); Dreaming Out Loud (reading at New York Theatre Workshop); Missing Socks and a Line of Coke (People's Theatre Project); Dracula (Actors Theatre of Louisville); Missing Socks and a Line of Coke (People's Theatre Project); Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare in the Club); Bloom Bloom Pow (Arts on Site); Taming of the Shrew (Shakespeare Dallas); Henry VI (Great River Shakespeare). Training: BFA, University of Oklahoma; PTC at Actors Theatre of Louisville; Acting Apprentice at Great River Shakespeare Festival.
Photo by @austinyourface
Thank you to @nycdykemarch for hosting a beautiful raffle! And thank you for giving me the chance to whip out The C-nty Pale Man, I’ve had a lot of fun working on this mix & look.
Pic credits @dilfferg
We’re thrilled to announce the performers and DJ who will be gracing our raffle!
🪩 @berthavnyc
🪩 @theydy.bedbug
🪩 @the.kulfi.jaan
🪩 @jules.socha
🪩 @robinette.jones
This is going to be our best raffle yet and we promise you don’t want to miss out. Catch these performances with tunes from Robinette, and enter to win prizes from Tig Notaro, Muna, Carmen Maria Machado, Tegan and Sara, and so many more. June 16 at 2PM at @animal.nyc . ASL interpreters will be on-site during the event.
Please direct your questions to our DMs or email ([email protected]) as comments will remain closed for the time being.
Image Description: At the top of the image it says, “NYC Dyke March Raffle Performers.” Below that, there are five circles with images of the performers and DJ. In smaller text below each of the photos is the name of the performer. The performers are Bertha Vanayshun @berthavnyc , Theydy Bedbug @theydy.bedbug , Kulfi Jaan @the.kulfi.jaan , Jules the Artist @jules.socha , and Robinette @robinette.jones . Below the performers, there is a purple bar at the bottom of the image with black text that says, “Sunday, June 16 at 2PM. ANIMAL in Brooklyn.” There is also a symbol for ASL Interpretation to showcase that it will be available at the event, as well as a symbol to show that the venue is accessible.
A big belated thank you to everyone involved in this incredible production of Missing Socks and a Line of Coke. What a gift to get work on this show.
Playwright: Rachel Lynett
Directed by: @minolora
Set and props by: @lauravalenti16
Lighting by: @did_someone_say_lights
Costumes by: @0rianasophia
Photos by: Emmanuel Abreu
Support your local queens, queers, butches, and gender goblins
Shout out @shelbytphillips for the great pics, shoutout @butchmonthly for a great evening
Ringing out my mid-twenties so I can instead relish in my mid/late-twenties
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First pic captured by the one, the only, the incomparable @mf_butch
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Second pic dug up from a family album, throwback to my 8th bday, shrek cake masterminded and executed by Dad
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Third pic from a beautiful and challenging new play by @justin.a.halle photo taken by Jonathan Barbee
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Fourth pic snack mugshot snagged by @revaardvarkk
Happy trans day of visibility! In light of all the terrible news and overwhelming barrage against trans folks, Julian and I wanted to combine forces to bring in some joy and positivity. We’ve been talking a lot lately about healing in community with other trans ppl and realized we couldn’t do that without talking abt our friendship.
Julian: I spent a long time with a baseline assumption of loneliness in my transition. There’s a trope of transmasc folks as the “lone wolf” type archetype, finding safety and strength through a certain measure of isolation. Through the course of my friendship with Mars, I’ve been able to find solidarity in places where I thought I stood apart, strength in vulnerabilities that I had previously thought of as weakness, and community where I used to be alone. The world is a lot easier to face when you’ve got a pal who gets it
Mars: Being trans can feel really lonely sometimes. It’s been so healing to transition alongside a fellow transmasc buddy like Julian. From all the late night walks and talks, a cursed summer in Dallas, to now living in our apartment— transitioning in community with you has been a definite highlight of my life. We can’t compare our journeys because they’ve been so original to us, but I know we both can’t imagine having done it alone. And my therapist thinks our friendship is sweet lol
