Wed, Jul 5 @ 7:00 pm: Post screening discussion with Arik Roper and Gabe Soria about "Vision of the Hawk" and the influences and thoughts behind it

Run Time: 62 min.

Three shorts chosen by acclaimed graphic artist Arik Roper to celebrate the release of the first full-color monograph of his work.

Arik Roper’s vibrant psychedelic illustration and painting springs from the depths of a fertile imagination, invoking psychedelic visions, ancient dreams, and idyllic natural environments. Since the 1990s, his creations have appeared on album covers and posters of such bands as Sleep, High on Fire, Earth, Windhand, Sunn O))), Earthless, Mastodon, The Grateful Dead, and The Black Crowes, screen-printed posters, in books and magazines, animations, game designs, and beyond.

Vision of the Hawk collects an epic selection of his art for the first time in a single volume, alongside unpublished material and sketches, and texts by Roper describing his creative process, as well as by some of his many collaborators.

About the films:
I chose Black Angel, Afterlife and Quest because of their fantastic aesthetics and visual design. Each of them captures a feeling of mysterious storytelling that harkens back not only the formative years of my life, but to a timeless space of the artistic imagination.

Black Angel embodies the quintessential fantasy film genre with mood and mystery, Afterlife represents a surreal and psychedelic animated experience, and Quest portrays the realm of science fiction in an intriguing visually-driven story.