COUNTRY : Canada YEAR : 2025 DURATION : 3m DIRECTOR : mystery byrd FEATURING : Jake Tuesday, Mystery Byrd, Ben Tuesday, Mariza Vieira, Charli, Sierre, Heather Freeland, Eli, Benedict, Claire Wilson, Lamar McGriggs, Doreen Wilson, Jill Wilson and Percy Tuesday, Stuart Freeland, Moon MUSIC : Mystery Byrd, Vincent Allen, Ben Tuesday, Jake Tuesday, Mariza Vieira, For Bizhiw, Vera Moon, Tuesday-Byrd
Director statement : Made as part of the Winnipeg Film Group’s “Super 8 Special” film incubator. This picture was captured on super 8 film, drip dyed with a mixture of india ink and water collected from Lake Winnipeg, then digitized and captured on VHS.
Bio : Mystery byrd, aka chrussy, is a queer artist and film worker based on Treaty One territory with a lifelong background in DIY moviemaking and over 16 years of industry experience. They have functioned in such roles as writer, director, editor, actor, camera op, production assistant, location scout and assistant locations manager.
Experimental production styles inspired by grassroots organizing, philosophy through montage and video as archive are core concepts in mystery’s work and outlook, as well as themes of history, economics, colonialism, community, relationships, gender and sexuality. They continue to shoot, cut and develop works.
Pebbles Underground is focused on showcasing and promoting experimental, avant-garde, underground, and no-to-low budget projects by artist-humans from all over the world. Absurd, uncanny, witty, humorous, slow-video – all are welcomed, and loved.
Pebbles Underground is an independent project not funded by any government or corporation, and we intend to keep it that way. Main source of funding is personal donations from humans organizing the project, who are artists themselves, and the main drive of the project is formed by the energy and involvement of the organizers, and the public.
