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The Heart is a Playplace

This project is part video projection, part art installation. The final product will be projected images of people climbing over a model of a human heart. We are interested in the idea of the heart as a playground as a physical manifestation of empathy, passion, love, and emotion as part of human play. The video in this submission is of a prototype of the final installation, which will include 20-30 people projected onto the heart. The heart will measure 2 feet tall.

  • Nelia Miller
    Interdisciplinary Artist
  • Jenna Jo Pawlicki
    Interdisciplinary Artist
  • Project Type:
    Experimental
  • Completion Date:
    May 18, 2018
  • Production Budget:
    30 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    Other
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography

Nelia Miller is an interdisciplinary artist. She is an ensemble member with Chicago Danztheatre, and performed her one-woman interdisciplinary show, "Cetology" at CDE's Playwright Festival and at Links Hall. She is interested in the intersection of the body, voice, and media, and how these mediums come together in storytelling practices. www.neliamiller.com

Jenna Jo Pawlicki is an interdisciplinary artist working in video, theatre, and movement. Recent collaborations include: 'A Dream Play' at High Concept Labs, 'Mozawa at the MCA', and 'Y Portraits '15 & '16'. Her video art has also been featured in 'Hell's Half Mile Film Festival', 'The Festival of Recorded Movement', and Links Hall's 'THAW 2015'. Jenna enjoys making art that is visceral, physical, and full of discovery. www.jennajo.com

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Director Statement

Jenna Jo and Nelia first met working with Mozawa, an interdisciplinary theatre company. They realized they shared similar creative vocabularies as well as a strong belief in the power of play. They drove up to Green Bay from Chicago and back in one day to see a giant duck, which says a lot about them.

Their collaborations explore bodies in space, bodies in film, and the conjunction of anatomy and emotionality.