Izosceles + Nancy Sepe + Maciek Stepniewski
July 23 - August 5, 2023
“But I loved You…” by Izosceles
Above stills from “But I Loved You…”
Tell us about the artwork you are submitting. What makes it unique?
"But I Loved You…" explores dealing with oneself after a loved one has slipped through your fingers. It’s someone meaning so much to you and not getting a chance to profess their importance in your life, until after they’re gone. They’re gone for probably forever.
What makes "But I Loved You..." so unique is that is derivative of a real-life heartbreaking dream and that it is hand drawn and animated.
Tell us about yourself. How did you come to be an artist in video/digital media?
I am a visual artist first who found themselves wanting to take their practice a bit further with my visuals. This has also led select art being adapted into gifs and stickers: giphy.com/izosceles
“Oracle” by Nancy Sepe
Above stills from “Oracle”
Tell us about the artwork. What makes it unique?
“Oracle is a portrait of a person participating in an eternal cycle of being seen and not seen. Along with the primary/initial figure without decoration, the sequence includes the persona of the anonymous subject—with blacked out eyes; a body whose head has been replaced by an orange, two-dimensional circle; in the guise of Cellini’s Perseus clutching the head of Medusa; and finally as a wild animal, primal, expressing herself. She is on infinite display to an audience below. The piece is unique in that it combines traditional and contemporary media to express a surreal narrative.”
Tell us about yourself. How did you come to be an artist in video/digital media?
“I've been studying time-based media since an undergraduate student at Alfred University. I then moved on to receive an MFA in digital media with a focus on animation. I am also a sculptor, and incorporate video into my three dimensional work.
“No Way Forward, No Way Back” by Maciek Stepniewski
Above stills from “No Way Forward , No Way Back”
Tell us about the artwork. What makes it unique?
“Landscapes, loosing friends, collage, getting tinnitus, synthesizers, climate crisis generator, the end”
Tell us about yourself. How did you come to be an artist in video/digital media?
Maciek Stępniewski is a Warsaw-based audiovisual artist focusing on digital, abstract and generative design, animation and music. He graduated in both BA and MA at Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology, new media arts department. His films visited such festivals as Punto Y Raya, Athens Digital Art Festival, AniFilm, Insomnia, Animocje, Patchlab, O!PLA, Animafest, Sopot Film Festival, Shahr International Film Festival and more. His albums were released by local Netlabels Trzy Szóstki and Nagrania Somnambuliczne. In 2021 he presented an audiovisual exhibition "The Ocean That Has Been Calling Me" in P21 Gallery.