We’re a group of animators, visual artists, writers and sound designer that have a passion for storytelling. We’ve worked in publicity, tv shows, graphic design, and lots and lots of freelance. We’ve gathered in this project to tell the Bible story of Jonah. We hope to share this story with our friends, families and community and animation was the perfect medium for it. With animation, we could convey the absurd, cute and many time, faith provoking elements of the story. We hope you enjoy it.
Creative Team: Jenn Chu, Carolina Bileski, Ollie Jiyuan Guo, Talitha Silva, Daniel Bileski, and Thiago Barbosa.
Support: DTES Small Arts Grants and The Vancouver Foundation.
Jenn Chu reveals the process behind an animated creation, Livia the Whale, based on the Biblical story of Jonah. Jenn is an emerging creative artist based in the DTES of “so-called” Vancouver. She retired from a scientific field and is now taking courses and classes to grow creatively in music and the arts. Jenn is a two time DTES Small Arts Grant recipient and this past year participated in the Digital Storytelling workshop where she put together the documentary on the making of her group project Livia. The Animation team comprises a diverse group of animators, visual artists, writers and sound designer that have a passion for crafting popular bible stories.
Mentors: Lorna Boschman and Sebnem Ozpeta through the DTES Artists Thursday Digital Storytelling group.
Support: DTES Small Arts Grants and The Vancouver Foundation.
