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That Eyelash

When ink and water are set to motion, they spring to life, unfolding narratives, softening the edges of drawings, revealing the inner mush in the subject matter which, in this case, are eyelashes, those mindless moments in which we touch ourselves, intensely alive, seeking refuge internally

  • Irene Pantelis
    Director
  • Irene Pantelis
    Writer
  • Irene Pantelis
    Producer
  • Ink and water
    Key Cast
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Experimental
  • Runtime:
    1 minute 45 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    February 1, 2021
  • Production Budget:
    100 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Irene Pantelis

I am a Bolivian-Uruguayan-American interdisciplinary artist based in the Washington D.C. area. Inspired by Latin America’s magic realism, my short films oscillate between representation and abstraction, portraying figures and landscapes at intimate moments that engage narratives of identity, displacement, memory and ecology based on diverse mythological, historical and cultural events as well as natural phenomena. Each work documents a laborious process that layers inks with acids and oils, balancing my ordered and controlled mark-making and editing with the chance and chaos of the materials' natural behaviors. A former labor lawyer, I earned my Bachelors and Masters in Fine Art degrees from the University of Maryland at College Park. My work is held in private collections and has been exhibited primarily in the United States, earning me the American Landscapes, Sadat Art for Peace and Visualizing Migration awards.

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