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Tulipomania: Off the Map

Relentlessly kinetic,Tulipomania: Off the Map, features animated self-portraits alternating with printed imagery torn, then collaged together on thousands of individual sheets of paper, matching
the contradictory mood of the lyrics.

  • Cheryl Gelover
    Director
  • Tom Murray
    Director
  • Tulipomania
    Music
  • Cheryl Gelover
    Animation
  • Tom Murray
    Animation
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Experimental, Music Video, Short
  • Genres:
    music, animation, experimental, short
  • Runtime:
    3 minutes 54 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    May 1, 2018
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Aesthetica Short Film Festival
    York
    United Kingdom
    November 3, 2018
    UK Premiere
  • Miami Short Film Festival
    Miami
    February 27, 2019
    Semi-Finalist
  • Walthamstow Short Film Festival
    Walthamstow
    United Kingdom
    June 15, 2019
    Official Selection
  • Insomnia International Open-Air Animation Film Festival
    Moscow
    Russian Federation
    July 18, 2019
    Official Selection
  • Evolution! Mallorca International Film Festival
    Mallorca
    Spain
    Official Selection
Director Biography - Cheryl Gelover, Tom Murray

Tulipomania has alternately been categorized as ‘cult synth punks’, ‘glam-leaning’, ‘postpunk’, ‘art-rock’, and ‘muscular chamber pop’.

While band members Tom Murray (lead vocals, bass,
drums) and Cheryl Gelover (synthesizer, background vocals) enjoy deciphering efforts to categorize their sound, they decline to offer a specific label of their own.

The two first met in Art school, and found themselves collaborating on projects for Experimental Film and Animation classes–Tulipomania grew along with those experiences.
Described as “artistic and inventive” and “gorgeous,” music videos created by Tulipomania have been featured in film festivals worldwide, including the London Short Film Festival (England), Leeds International Film Festival (England), Aesthetica Short Film Festival (York, England), Encounters (Bristol,England), Zubroffka (Poland), and StopTrik (Croatia, Poland).

A complete list of festival screenings is available on request.

Last November, the duo contributed over an hour of collage and mixed media animation projected over seven screens in support of Pixies 30th anniversary performances of the band’s first releases, Come on Pilgrim/Surfer Rosa, working in collaboration with the acclaimed graphic artist Vaughan Oliver.

Tulipomania are currently at work on a new release of their own and supporting animated music videos.

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