Deep Space 8k – Animation Festival: Miwa Matreyek

A shadow of a woman is visiable behind a series of oil rigs.

Miwa Matreyek (Golden Nica Winner 2020) will be presenting a shortened documentation video of her 2020 performance work, *Infinitely Yours*. She creates live performances integrating her kaleidoscopic animations with her body in shadow from behind the screen. With *Infinitely Yours*, Matreyek takes moments from news articles about the climate crisis and performs them as first-hand experiences happening upon her body, such as wildfires, flooding, extractions of resources, and pollution. The shadow figure cowers, flees, and drowns – but also protects, discovers, and feels hope. The phantasmagorical experience centers around creating a visceral experience of shared climate grief between the creator-performer and the audience.