qua•li•kinounA pseudonym used because there's already a much more famous Sam Mendez out there. I'm primarily an animator/filmmaker, but I dabble in other media from time to time. Everything I make kind of relates back to some variation of the Persephone myth, and food... which I guess also relates back to Persephone. If you know what this says about me, please let me know.
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Connect the Dots! an interactive public art installation on the subject of public space and hand washing. This work was made possible by a grant from the General Education program at Harvard University. (2014)
#public health#public art#installation#interactive#connect the dots#penguins#harvard university#hand washing#line drawing
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A project I've been actively working on for a while: Not exactly a food blog, but we can call it that.

Food Photo Monday: Eating Bell Pepper
the most satisfying of all snacks
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About an hour or so in the life of John Harvard. FYI: don't touch the statue's foot.
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Samuel R. (R. somehow standing for Qualiki) Mendez
Demo Reel featuring clips from my animation/filmmaking projects, including Snow Queen Travel Company, screened at the Chicago International REEL Shorts Film Festival, and my thesis film A Bodega.
I love blending animation with the real world, and I think it shows.
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Walks Through Cambridge
A site specific installation in Harvard Yard concerning the Freshman-year adjustment and escaping the "Harvard Bubble"
It was sunny and warm as we walked straight past the Northwest Labs, to places we’ve never seen—it was a little amazing. Walking eventually became automatic, like riding a train looking at the scenery. Past the cobblestone and buildings with character is a different world in an actual neighborhood. The whole time I felt like I was in one of those movies where the main character goes to an alternate universe: they can see/hear everything going on, but they can’t interact with it.
I liked Cambridge immediately: the college town experience, with Boston right there as an option as well. But it doesn’t feel much different from Ann Arbor, aside from a big city right there. It feels less real somehow. I guess because the Square is filled with shops and boutiques, not like a big grocery store or something. Maybe it’s just because I haven’t explored Cambridge or maybe I don’t use it as a real town. In some ways I feel like living somewhere is supposed to mean grocery shopping. But I mean I don’t know what that means if I’m not living here
(Photography courtesy of Herbert Castillo. Many thanks to Jake, Cherish, Robert, Khin, and Dipona for participating. This work was made possible through an ARTS FIRST '11 project grant from the Harvard College Office for the Arts.)
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Self Portrait (2012)
Because my Snow Queen animation was basically me as every character
#self portrait#2012#blue#snow queen#hoodie#hipster glasses#cartoon#digital art#illustration#Photo Editing
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Snow Queen Travel Company
An animated short taking inspiration from Kelly Link's short story Travels with the Snow Queen and the original Snow Queen fairy tale
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A variation on a poster I made for an on-campus event
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Self-Portrait (2014)
#animation#digital art#gif#eating#chewing#bodega#black hoodie#scruff#mouth#close up#self-portrait#2014
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Self-portrait (2011)
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Self-portrait (2010)
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Self Portrait (2009)
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4211: a digital triptych
for when beginnings/ends bleed into each other
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Drawing Movement, 3
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Drawing Movement, 2
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Drawing Movement, 1
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