Umesh Shukla: Still I Rise
Artist(s):
Title:
- Still I Rise
Exhibition:
Creation Year:
- 2002
Medium:
- Animation
Category:
Keywords:
Artist Statement:
Inspired by the coincidental suicides in 1890 of Elephant Man Joseph Merrick and the Impressionist painter Vincent Van Gogh, Still I Rise fuses two events by presenting a fantasy visualization of Merrick’s last dream in an animated Impressionist style.
The entire production was animated and rendered on Windows 2000 workstations. The final renders were recorded on 35mm film.
Technical Information:
The following software was used for the production: Maya, Poser, Houdini, Adobe Premiere, Adobe After Effects, Sound Forge
Affiliation Where Artwork Was Created:
- Atreo Films
Video:
Other Information:
Design, animation, and direction
Umesh Shukla
Producer
Anna Shukla
Music
“Pavane” by Gabriel Faure
Courtesy of VoxMusic Group, A Division of SPJ Music Inc.
Joseph Merrick’s photograph
Courtesy of Royal London Hospital Archives
Digital to film transfer
Filmout Express
Title design
Hans Bacher
Mask model
Chris Cowen
Special thanks to
Todd Landor, Gilbert Yablom, Jonathan Evans
Acknowledgements
Sergi Sagas, M.J Turner, Jon Armstrong, Ramiro Gomez, Corey Smith, Joe Kwong, Steve Hwan, Kim Phillips, Craig Hoffman, Steve B. Todd, Ammon Mirali, Shuklalshana Shukla
