H.P. Mendoza
Attack, Decay, Release, 2020

animation, archival footage and original music
64 minutes

ARTWORK STATEMENT:

As the earth is ravaged by pestilence and pollution, one colony sets off to find life-friendly worlds to inhabit while weathering a number of turbulent space storms. Featuring hand drawn animation and 18 original songs by H.P. Mendoza, “Attack, Decay, Release” is an audio/visual meditation on human resilience, purpose and existence.

Artist Bio:

H. P. Mendoza is a filmmaker and artist dubbed “San Francisco’s queer cinema poet” by David Lamble of the San Francisco Bay Area Reporter. In 2012, Mendoza was inducted into Essential SF by the San Francisco Film Society with Terry Zwigoff. After releasing his most recent film, Bitter Melon (2018) via ABS-CBN, he is preparing to release his newest album, FOLX, with a live performance at CAAMFEST 2021.