Miwa Matreyek. I’d never heard of her until a few weeks ago when 
I watched an eleven minute video called Miwa Matreyek’s Glorious Visions on TED talks. It was so fresh and compelling that I can’t seem to get it out of my mind. Her work is incredibly innovative and has expanded what I have come to think of as art. What Miwa Matreyek is doing is indeed an art form that is both ancient (story-telling) and a product of the 21st century. If you’re interested, I hope you’ll watch it and let me know what you think.
From TED:
Why you should listen to her:
Miwa Matreyek’s work blurs the line between real and unreal. In live works that integrate animation, performance, and video installation, she explores how animation changes when it is combined with body and space (and vice versa). In her video projects, animation takes on a more physical and present quality, while body and space take on a more fantastical quality.
On one hand, Matreyek’s performance can be viewed as a cinematic experience taking place on a screen. On the other hand, what is seen on the screen is a collapsed product of multiple layers of animation, objects and body. Her work exists in a juxtaposition of illusion and nonillusion. Matreyek is also a founding member of the performance media group Cloud Eye Control, which makes theatrical productions with cleverly integrated animation projections.
The piece Miwa Matreyek performs at TEDGlobal 2010 is an abridgement of the work “Myth and Infrastructure.”
“She seamlessly combines the would-be-separate mediums of performance art, animation, sculpture and music to create a simultaneously whimsical and intricate experience.” FineArtsLA.com
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That was pretty much all kinds of awesome. It was like watching someone doing magic! Seriously cool.
Glad you liked it, Sonja. I felt the same way.
Comment from an email subscriber:
Hello Susan,
Thanks so much for the video. What an incredible piece ! Miwa Matreyek is beyond amazing ! 1. I loved the impression that I received of the fruit seeds going forth in order to create more. 2. I was touched by her connection with everything in nature. 3. She seemed to be reaching out and daring to dream, above the chaos. 4. I liked her interpretation of growth and enlightenment overflowing from inside herself. 5. Her rainbow said to me that a higher evolution is possible. I can see why it stays on your mind. Odd, as it might seem, before I accepted and truly embraced my atheism, I would never have appreciated the depth of her piece. My opinion in one word? WOW !!!
Peace and Love,
T.