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Livestream link for June 8 (TOTB new cut + qna)

https://youtube.com/live/T3ppscKqN-4?feature=shareJoin that you people!

Tonight 5PM CST - Livestream - TOTB new cut + QnA

3PM PST 5PM CST 6PM ESTAll tiers QnA will be posted afterward Under the condition that I have questions to answerSo it will be helpful if youve already seen and are revisiting Love it yet?Jonni

Sunday June 8 @ 5PM CST - "Take Off The Blindfold" patreon livestream + qna

Hi everyone- I'm going to be doing a patreon livestream on Sunday, June 8 at 3PM PST / 5PM CST / 6PM EST where I'll show you guys the new cut of the movie (it's only slightly different, just cleaned up editing/sound + random fixes), and then I'll do a QnA after. My plan is to upload just the QnA portion to Patreon afterwards.If you can't make it, but have seen the film already + would like a question about the film answered, feel free to leave a comment on this post.Stream wi...

Talent Show episode 6 - The Department of Looking w/ Janet Lee

I'm getting back to editing episodes of Talent Show- this is something my friend Janet and I did last February where we went around our school pretending to be an official department called "The Department of Looking" based on a thing we do where we just look around and try to find stuff. There's also footage of our teachers' union protesting for better wages and treatment for faculty at SAIC, which Janet is pretty involved with. We want to do more stuff like this because its...

Program notes

Program notes for the upcoming TOTB screening at Gene Siskel Film Center in Chicago on Wednesday May 7 at 8:30PM. (Free screening, come to it!)From miles away, you are hearing the news. As you walk this cursed ground, visiting for the first time in many years, a messenger arrives. Her eyes are bloodshot, her voice distorted, her breath stinking of dehydration. And she tells you,"The universe is waking up to itself, prophets are receiving visions, and God-defying towers formed in hedonistic a...

We're in the final stretch people...

I just submitted an advance copy of TOTB to my school as my thesis film, to have it premiere at Gene Siskel Film Center in Chicago. Final runtime is gonna be 1 hour and 25 minutes. I have until April 14 to finish it fully. We're scrambling! Let's go!For the Talent Show fans- The snake in this clip is voiced by Aram, and the news reporter is voiced by her kid Nara. Woo hoo!

(Spoiler) Clip from TOTB ending

I'm turning in Take Off The Blindfold as my thesis in grad school, so I have to have it completely done by April 15. I'm feeling really good about it.

Sketchbook people

Field Notes From The Orphanage

Characters from a cartoon I want to make called Field Notes From The Orphanage .. I want to do it after I finish Take Off the Blindfold

2024 recap

Hi everyone! Happy new year.One update: I'm finishing Take Off the Blindfold as my thesis film at SAIC, so it's going to be completely done in the next few months, or else I can't graduate. Still working on the other stuff! But I need that kick in the pants to get it done. I'm so close...Also- Tomorrow on Jan 1 I'm livestreaming the full 2024 Transfiguration program at 7PM CST. Join in! Stuff that happened to Johni Peepers in 2024:I started my film festival, Transfiguration I...

(New short) "Analyzing That"

New short I made cuz Im trying to have fun making things againThanks to my friend Lula for voiceSong is Brimful of Asha Nightcore

Playlists for Patreon Babies December 20 2024

You know it..1. Hannah Montana transition music2. Leenalchi - Bird3. Mall City episode 4 - The Tower (I did a voice in this!) by Mallbat4. Thousand Knives - Ryuichi Sakamoto 5. Answer (1980) (Classic animation from Vietnam)6. Dustin Wong and his Infinite Love Orchestra 7. Fish Eatr by Stickerpodz8. Shormey - Raw9. Joan Kee Imagines Afro Asia10. Art of War - Geese11. Ha Nu Ku So by Amane Oda12. We'll Meet Again - The Ink Spots

December update

Hi everyone!! Above is Sonnyé Lim's amazing guest animation for TOTB that they finished last week.I'm doing well, I'm in finals mode and losing my mind, but I'm managing.I'm pushing TOTB back again, and I'm actually finishing it as my thesis film at SAIC now. I graduate next semester, so that means I'm finishing it in the next few months, and I have a strict deadline so I can present it as my thesis project so I can graduate. It's sort of a career move, because I...

Patreon updates!

Hi everyone- I have made some changes to the way the Patreon works. As most of you know, I have taken all of my work off of youtube and most of it is no longer free on demand. My main films now all have listings on Gumroad.Reformatting FAQ page on my websiteI have decided to use my Youtube channel as a rogue TV channel. Called "Jonni Peppers presents: Transfiguration International TV". I will still share my work for free in monthly specially curated livestreams. But it will not be offici...

$2+ Tier video access

Hello!Here's a folder with all the videos you can access on the $2+ tier. Right now this includes: Dreaming of Neptune, Uber, Uber 2: Halloween, Davis Crosbee, Dr Sam Mulaney's Burden, Monkeys Who Live in a House, Rachel and Her Grandfather Control the Island, Stilton's in Charge, Stilton's in Charge 2, The Earth is Flat, We're All Dying in the WastelandAnd I am adding more gradually! Thanks!

I am reformatting my online presence

Hi everyone! I'm reformatting how I want to show my work online and the type of context I want to provide to my audience. I will post updates soon! Thanks!

Talent Show episode 5 - Zach Dorn

Here's episode 5 of Talent Show! It's with my dear friend Zach Dorn (Mailman Westchester, writer/animator/voice for Jonni Makes the Best TV Show) who is currently living in Korea teaching at Seoul Institute of the ArtsI forgot to post episode 4 here which is about me climbing Jiri-San in Korea to see a shrine dedicated to Japanese occupation geomancy spikes I dreamed about: https://youtu.be/nSLzcx4jyw8?si=GAIWHncZ8QeofeC7

"TOTB" Patreon upload date - December 13 2024

Hi everyone,I've made a lot of progress on "Take Off the Blindfold, Adjust Your Eyes, Look in the Mirror, See The Face of Your Mother" since the beginning of summer, so I'm feeling very confident about it now, and see a pretty clear path to the finish line. My goal is that I am going to post it on Patreon for you guys on December 13 2024.Jonni

Transfiguration IFF in Los Angeles next week!

Hi everyone, I'm doing the LA edition of my traveling film festival next week on Friday July 5:Hope to see you there!

Playlists for Patreon Babies June 2024

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwwahyZ9d7WUaM04eRUpUvh3kayPeEn0rPm 34:5 - YowieHi - Huayi HsuCathy's Last ResortThe Burden of Expecting Happiness - Suzanne Non-dualityPassing Through - Asia MillerCreating a Spiritual Village No Matter Where We Live - Master Ching HaiSquidgasm - Sherry XieInterview with Barbara Marx HubbardTibetan ritual musicJust the Two of Us Green Alien Cover

Playlists for Patreon Babies May 2024

Epic style

Smelling the Dirt and the Coming Rain

Hi everyone! Super excited to finally share this. I decided back in 2022 that I wanted to start making live action work, and instead of fantasizing about it forever I decided to just start doing it. I happened to visit Harrison and Parker in Chicago around this time and after a few conversations and revelations I decided I wanted to make my first one with them. I decided to move to Chicago and just start making the movie. I felt like mumblecore was the way to go with the first thing, so I could ...

Smelling the Dirt and the Coming Rain poster

by legend Garrett M. Davis! Movie is basically done, we're putting finishing touches on it :D

Transfiguration International Film Festival 2024 Poster + Dates

Hi.. Here's the awesome Transfiguration poster by longtime friend/collaborator Kelly Ficarra (instagram.com/kficc) Transfiguration is for sure coming to Toronto, LA, Chicago and New York- and probably some other places too. Right now Toronto and LA are confirmed:Toronto - Pleasure Dome, Thursday May 16th - They will also be having a screening of Wasteland on Tuesday May 14th! I'll be there! Come to it! LA - Human Resources, Friday July 5thMore info soon!! I'm in the trenches with all...

Updates - Feb 28 2024

We finished filming my first live action feature Smelling the Dirt and the Coming Rain! :D I'm really excited about it, it's super weird but it says and does really interesting things thematically and formally. It's around 2 hours. Next I'm going to spend a while editing it, as Vania Junco finishes the music for it. I'm excited to share it!Right now I'm working on a really extensive documentary about the Japanese occupation of Korea, leading into the Korean war, Korea get...

Talent Show episode 3 - The HANA Center Ghost Busters

Episode 3 of Talent Show- I followed Aram and her friends at Hana Center as they perform Jishinbalpki rituals (banishing evil spirits for the new year) for local restaurants :)

Title song from Smelling The Dirt And The Coming Rain

By the amazing Vania Junco! https://www.youtube.com/@peachmoonn/videosWe're super close to being done with this, a few more scenes to shoot. Vania is doing the music for the rest of the movie as well.

2024 Update

Hello everyone,I'm starting a film festival, Transfiguration International Film Festival, based off of the program I did last year. The website is here. The program for this year is figured out, most of my filmmakers have approved my requests, and I'm currently looking for venues to host it in Toronto, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York and maybe some other places too. I spend so much time programming for other festivals and finding new work, and I've actually been a bit angsty for a lon...

Talent Show episode 2 - Aram Han Sifuentes

Hi! This is episode 2 of Talent Show :D It's with Aram Han Sifuentes who's another teacher of mine at SAIC, she's an amazing artist and immigrant justice activisthttps://www.aramhansifuentes.com/The first episode with Jennifer Dorothy Lee is here if you didn't see it!

Trailer - Smelling the Dirt and the Coming Rain

Trailer for my first live action feature!! Starring Harrison and Parker. About fraying relationships, spiritual quests to find the Self, channeling transdimensional entities for groups of people, and becoming blurred into the background on accident and on purposeWe're finishing it in the next few months! I'm really excited about it