i hate spiders is a super short roto-scoped animation that playfully recants a story from my childhood. This piece uses playful music, and childlike drawings to further connect the viewer with the childlike silliness of the story and the fear itself. Full of wit and charm, this piece has been exhibited in the Open APPerture Short Film Festival, where it won in the category of Super Short Film. It was shown in the Scene First Student Film Festival, where it won Best Short Animated Film, and it was screened internationally in the People’s Choice Independent Film Festival in Ecuador.
My name is Erin Zerbe, and I'm a multimedia artist working in video, photography, performance, and new media. My work specializes in human interactions and relationships with the body, tackling issues of body image and cultural perceptions of fatness. Currently I teach at Virginia Commonwealth University in the Kinetic Imaging and Art Foundations Departments. Artist. Professor. Troublemaker. I wear my titles with pride.