DEVON STACKONIS

ONCE REMOVED is a letterpress animation by Devon Stackonis which utilizes pressure printing, hand-set type, and monotype print sequences paired with a poem that poses extraction and mutilation of the landscape in relationship to the body. In this context the pressure-print and monotype processes employ the physical removal material to produce a series of shadow impressions. The sequences are based on extraction methods – mining, violent and toxic removal of resources – alongside abstracted bodily forms and more personal symbolic elements. This animation is comprised of 550 individual frames printed on a Vandercook press under the instruction of Julie Chen at The University of Wisconsin – Madison. The title sequence was printed with handset wood type from the collection at the Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum. The music is by Luke Leavitt. This animation was produced in the Spring of 2023.