ANNY Interview with Qieer Wang

Next up in our Animator Interviews podcast series is an interview with Qieer Wang. Qieer is an independent animation filmmaker, freelance illustrator, comic artist, designer, and part-time tattoo artist. Animation Nights New York officially selected her film “Therapy Room” to be featured in a to -be- determined upcoming screening event. The interview was conducted by Nina Balton for ANNY.

Please enjoy!

Show Notes:

00:00 – 00:38 Podcast intro

00:39 – 00:58 Greetings

00:59 – 02:59 Process

03:00 – 04:05 Artistic Background

04:06 – 09:25 Mental Illness as Subject matter

09:26 – 10:15 Opportunity

10:16 – 12:27 A Life of Art

12:28 – 14:35 Relationships and You

14:36 – 17:00 “Therapy Room”

17:01 –18:47 Mediums

18:48 – 21:17 Influences

21:18 – 23:43 “Toe, Petal, Cosmos”

23:44 – 25:46 Composer Lane Shi

25:47 – 29:07 Commissions and Compromises

29:08 – 32:34 “First Breath”

32:35 – 34:18 “Run Into A Brand New World!”

34:19 – 38:13 Upcoming VR Project

38:14 – 39:05 Goodbyes

39:06 – 40:48 ANNY

40: 49 – 41:40 Outro

41:41 – 41:45 Outtake

Links:

Website – http://www.qieerwang.com/

Always – https://vimeo.com/122815361

Titled Untitled – https://vimeo.com/193800027

Therapy Room – https://vimeo.com/165951788

First Breath – https://vimeo.com/150961567

Toe, Petal, Cosmos – https://vimeo.com/137246589

Ethnic Weddings in China Doc Intro – https://vimeo.com/209263588

Music by Joe Lazenby

Interview and video by Nina Balton.