{"id":10288,"date":"2026-05-07T16:03:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T22:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.saic.edu\/cate\/?p=10288"},"modified":"2026-05-07T16:07:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T22:07:35","slug":"an-evening-with-victoria-vincent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.saic.edu\/cate\/2026\/05\/07\/an-evening-with-victoria-vincent\/","title":{"rendered":"An Evening with Victoria Vincent"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Snooze Quest, Victoria Vincent, 2025. Courtesy of the artist.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA fever dream stitched together from hyperpop absurdism, DIY grit, and existential dread.\u201d\u2014Sam Gurry, LA Film Forum<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Feral youth, alienated animals, and masked authorities populate the jittery, acid-colored animations of Victoria Vincent, which map the psychic fallout of life shaped by platforms, protocols, and perpetual crisis. Known online as \u201cvewn,\u201d Vincent has released dozens of short films over more than a decade, honing a singular visual style that is simultaneously handmade and hypermediated. Her characters\u2014doubled, distorted, and often wounded\u2014move through worlds of ambient violence and bureaucratic absurdity, their anxieties amplified by Vincent\u2019s boiling linework and teeming backgrounds. The humor is dark, yet it gives way to fleeting moments of tenderness, solidarity, and connection. For this special evening, Vincent presents a selection of films spanning her body of work, from early internet releases to recent projects like Dirt Girls<\/em> (2021) and Snooze Quest<\/em> (2025) and shares insights into her process. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Followed by a conversation with Victoria Vincent and audience Q&A. Presented in partnership with DePaul University\u2019s School of Cinematic Arts.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2015\u20132025, USA
Format: Digital
In English
ca 60 mins<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ABOUT THE ARTIST<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Victoria Vincent, known online as \u201cvewn,\u201d is a Los Angeles\u2013based animator and filmmaker. Since 2015, she has released dozens of short independent films online, drawing a global audience to her darkly comic, emotionally charged explorations of anxiety, social isolation, online identity, and existential unease. Alongside her independent practice, Vincent has developed projects for Adult Swim, FOX, and Netflix\u2019s We the People, <\/em>among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PROGRAM<\/strong>
Notes adapted from Sam Gurry<\/em>

Fluffy\u2019s Third Eye<\/strong>
2016, 1:30 mins
In contrast to Vincent\u2019s typical colorful palette, this piece is more monochromatic, making Fluffy\u2019s Third Eye<\/em> even more distinctive. Not all doors can be closed.

Agoraphobia<\/strong>
2017, 2:10 mins
The soft curves of the freeway close in like a vice. The whole city hums, scoring this brief odyssey to the dog park.

Cat City<\/strong>
2017, 3:00 mins
A recurring theme in Vincent\u2019s work is the idea of change and stasis. Characters are resistant to change, resolute, or in avid pursuit. No matter the choices made, the result seems to be the same\u2014back where you started, but sometimes happier.

Kittykat96<\/strong>
2017, 2:00 mins
Amongst the more hopeful pieces in Vincent\u2019s oeuvre, Kittykat96<\/em> is an exploration of the existential duality between our online and offline selves.

Dead End<\/strong>
2019, 3:30 mins
It\u2019s the lost leading the lost through the entropy of the working world. A guidance counselor stares past his student, projecting his own inertia. \u201cBetter luck next time,\u201d coos the Slot-O-Rama siren, a lullaby for the stalled out and the stuck in. 

Catscape<\/strong>
2019, 2:30 mins
Two internet friends meet IRL for the first time\u2014right after visiting church and summoning the devil. With masks off and vulnerability exposed, they fall asleep under the soft sonic glow of The Golden Girls<\/em>, bleeding in from the house next door.

Twins in Paradise<\/strong>
2020, 9:30 mins
Twin tennis prodigies Marcy and Darcy teeter on the edge of fame, self-destruction, and the ever-present call of the void. Their synchronized swings mask a growing dissonance\u2014between expectation and identity, brilliance and burnout. The narrative crackles like static, a charged silence before the inevitable collapse, one match away from an inferno. As the court lights dim and the world around them blurs into nothing, what remains for the sisters beyond the game, beyond the applause\u2014beyond each other?

Dirt Girls<\/strong>
2021, 5:30 mins
Featuring a star-studded voice cast, Dirt Girls<\/em> is about two sisters on the verge of adolescence and absolution.

Catopolis<\/strong>
2022, 13:30 mins
Penny\u2019s job, where KPI meets TKO, brings her a mix of physical pain and emotional shame. Her desensitization to violence comes full circle when she resigns. 

Birthday (Bad Kids Stuff)<\/strong>
2023, 5:30 mins
We built this world and, now, we must have our birthday in it. Sex, drugs, mass violence, aaaand maaaany moooore. One of several Bad Kids Stuff<\/em> shorts starring Roxy and Jazz, moving through a world of sardonic resignation and hyper-pop absurdism.

Nothing to Hide (Bad Kids Stuff)<\/strong>
2023, 5:30 mins
The second installment of the Bad Kids Stuff<\/em> series finds our heroes swapping both identities and incarcerated statuses. Before delivering a death sentence, the judge declares, \u201cYou could never kill us in a way that matters.\u201d Drawn from a meme that began as a Tumblr shitpost about anthropomorphized mushrooms, the line now underscores the futility of resisting bureaucratic systems like an eldritch judiciary with limitless resources. Administrative alienation\u2014compounded by doomscroll-induced detachment from the self\u2014has rendered us all NPCs. If death doesn\u2019t free us from paperwork, does it even matter?

Stupid Dinner<\/strong>
2024, 2:30 mins
\u201cShould I eat dinner or should I kill myself.\u201d For an interloper, the seemingly simple task of salting food becomes something that requires refuge and reflection. In dimly lit rooms where the walls creep inward, questions of family, friendship, and identity drift like dust in the air\u2014unanswered, unavoidable.

How to Make an Animated Video (Tutorial)<\/strong>
2024, 5:30 mins
Veils lifted! Secrets spilled! Truths unlocked!

Snooze Quest<\/strong>
2025, 9:30 mins
PJ, our bunny-suited protagonist, searches for meaning and medical care amidst a sniper prowling through her neighborhood. The bleed of perceived truth starts as a trickle and ends in a hemorrhage with BJ imploring her double, \u201cNo time for philosophy. We have to go back to the real world.\u201d

Lifewasters<\/strong>
2025, 12:00 mins
Vincent returns to live action in this dark, chaotic treatise on parasociality and the toxic currents of internet culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ACCESSIBILITY<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conversations at the Edge events have live captions (CART). The Gene Siskel Film Center is fully ADA accessible and its theaters are equipped with hearing loops. For other accessibility requests, please visit saic.edu\/access or write cate@saic.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cA fever dream stitched together from hyperpop absurdism, DIY grit, and existential dread.\u201d\u2014Sam Gurry, LA Film Forum Feral youth, alienated animals, and masked authorities populate the jittery, acid-colored animations of Victoria Vincent, which map the psychic fallout of life shaped by platforms, protocols, and perpetual crisis. Known online as \u201cvewn,\u201d Vincent has released dozens of short […]<\/p>\n

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