Josh Deane

Caught in the rain on a bicycling trip home from Miskatonic University, Ben takes shelter in a seemingly abandoned house in the middle of nowhere. He very quickly realizes that the shelter he sought provides very little in the way of safety. Based on a short story by H.P. Lovecraft.

Alaska (named after one of the many home movies used in the project) is an autobiography unlike any other. Through the use of intuitive editing, music, image overlays, and public domain cartoons, Alaska demonstrates the complicated, wonderful, and sometimes terrifying force childhood trauma can have on your life. Over the course of 13 original tracks, as well as humorous interstitials, Josh Deane explores moments of freedom, shame, the absurd horror of growing up in an evangelical cult, and the loneliness of losing a sister. Instead of utilizing narrative, Alaska uses dream logic and imagery to create a compelling, and at times overwhelming, emotional experience.

Sally and her older brother, Jack, are haunted by a black, oily heron as they attempt to save their mother from their father’s plan to place her in a mental institution.