Cold and silent, like a heart - Mieke Marple & Francisco García Nava (…
Artist and writer Mieke Marple and visual effects artist Francisco García Nava talk about their respective artistic journeys and recent work on Marple's 42 second film for Non Fungible Castle: "Cold and silent, like a heart." The film is a feminist reinterpretation of Antonín Dvořák's symphonic poem: "The Water Goblin" (1896), based on a Czech poem of the same name from 1853. It is Marple's first time combining text with imagery, working with a creative collaborator, and dealing with issues pertaining to motherhood and abortion–all topics that will be touched on.
ABOUT MIEKE MARPLE
Mieke Marple is an artist and writer living in Los Angeles. She is creator of the Medusa Collection, a set of generative art NFTs reframing the Medusa myth. Marple has been written about by The New York Times, W Magazine, The Guardian, Fortune, Elle, and Autre, among other publications. She has written for the Huffington Post, Lit Hub, Zyzzyva, ArtNews, and Artsy. Through various charity art auctions, she has helped raise over a million and half dollars for Planned Parenthood LA and other important non-profits. Marple was co-founder of NFTuesdayLA and co-owner of Night Gallery, Los Angeles, from 2011-2016.
https://miekemarple.com/
ABOUT FRANCISCO GARCIA NAVA
Francisco Garcia Nava is a Los Angeles based 2D / 3D motion graphic artist designing and animating for film, television, tech, web3 and other emerging and immersive visual technologies.
https://fco-visual.com/
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