WHEN I RETURNED TO SEATTLE IN 2017 AFTER LIVING IN LOS ANGELES, I WAS EXCITED - ALTHOUGH APPREHENSIVE - ABOUT RECONNECTING WITH OLD FRIENDS FROM HIGH SCHOOL. AFTER ALMOST 8 YEARS AWAY AND THE LARGE AMOUNT OF LIFE EXPERIENCED DURING THAT TIME, BOTH MYSELF AND THE PEOPLE I KNEW BACK HOME HAD GROWN AND CHANGED QUITE DRAMATICALLY. WITHIN A YEAR OR SO, FILLED WITH MANY FAILED PURSUITS AT RE-ESTABLISHING RELATIONSHIPS, I EXPRESSED MY FRUSTRATIONS TO A CO-WORKER AND WAS TOLD THAT THIS EXPERIENCE WAS NOT UNCOMMON IN THE CITY AND THAT IT EVEN HAD A NAME: THE SEATTLE FREEZE.
THERE’S SOMETHING WRONG WITH MY FREEZER (2019) IS A COLLABORATION WITH TWO OF MY OLDEST AND CLOSEST CHILDHOOD FRIENDS, CHRIS AND NATHAN, WHO NOTABLY WEREN’T LIVING IN SEATTLE AT THE TIME. WE DECIDED TO EXPLORE WHAT I HAD BEEN EXPERIENCING IN THE SAME WAY WE USED TO SPEND TIME TOGETHER GROWING UP, WHICH WAS MAKING VIDEOS. TO ME, THIS FILM SYMBOLIZES MY ATTEMPT TO EXORCISE THE PERSONAL ISSUES I WAS HAVING SOCIALLY AT THE TIME. AS THE MONTHS PASSED FOLLOWING THE SHOOT, I BEGAN TO NOTICE FLYERS FOR THE LOCAL SIGHTINGS FILM FESTIVAL STAPLED TO TELEPHONE POLES ON MY WALK TO WORK. I DECIDED TO SUBMIT OUR FILM, AND TO MY SURPRISE IT WAS ACCEPTED.
THERE’S SOMETHING WRONG WITH MY FREEZER (2019) IS A COLLABORATION WITH TWO OF MY OLDEST AND CLOSEST CHILDHOOD FRIENDS, CHRIS AND NATHAN, WHO NOTABLY WEREN’T LIVING IN SEATTLE AT THE TIME. WE DECIDED TO EXPLORE WHAT I HAD BEEN EXPERIENCING IN THE SAME WAY WE USED TO SPEND TIME TOGETHER GROWING UP, WHICH WAS MAKING VIDEOS. TO ME, THIS FILM SYMBOLIZES MY ATTEMPT TO EXORCISE THE PERSONAL ISSUES I WAS HAVING SOCIALLY AT THE TIME. AS THE MONTHS PASSED FOLLOWING THE SHOOT, I BEGAN TO NOTICE FLYERS FOR THE LOCAL SIGHTINGS FILM FESTIVAL STAPLED TO TELEPHONE POLES ON MY WALK TO WORK. I DECIDED TO SUBMIT OUR FILM, AND TO MY SURPRISE IT WAS ACCEPTED.
POSTER DESIGN BY EVAN DICKERSON