ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Miwa Matreyek - Multimedia artist
Miwa Matreyek creates performances where real shapes and virtual images trade places, amid layers of animation, video and live bodies.

Why you should listen

Miwa Matreyek's work blurs the line between real and unreal. In live works that integrate animation, performance, and video installation, she explores how animation changes when it is combined with body and space (and vice versa). In her video projects, animation takes on a more physical and present quality, while body and space take on a more fantastical quality.

On one hand, Matreyek's performance can be viewed as a cinematic experience taking place on a screen. On the other hand, what is seen on the screen is a collapsed product of multiple layers of animation, objects and body. Her work exists in a juxtaposition of illusion and nonillusion. Matreyek is also a founding member of the performance media group Cloud Eye Control, which makes theatrical productions with cleverly integrated animation projections.

The piece Matreyek performs at TEDGlobal 2010 is an abridgement of the work "Myth and Infrastructure."

Music credits:

Shadow Hands scene song: Anna Oxygen
Island scene song: "Shells" by Mirah, (a)spera, K records
City scene song: Caroline Lufkin
Magic Hands scene song: Anna Oxygen
additional music by Mileece

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TEDGlobal 2010

Miwa Matreyek: Glorious visions in animation and performance

Le favolose visioni di Miwa Matreyek

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Servendosi di animazione, proiezioni e della sua ombra in movimento, Miwa Matreyek realizza una performance meditativa e stupenda alla scoperta del mondo dentro e fuori di noi. Regalatevi 10 minuti di calma e lasciatevi trasportare. Musiche di Anna Oxygen, Mirah, Caroline Lufkin e Mileece.
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(MusicMusica: "ShellsConchiglie" by MirahMirah)
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♪ You learnedimparato how to be a diveroperatore subacqueo
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♪ Ora sai andare sott'acqua ♪
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♪ Put on a maskmaschera and believe ♪
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♪ Metti una maschera e credici ♪
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GatherRaccogliere a dinnercena of shellsconchiglie for me ♪
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♪ Offrimi una cena di conchiglie ♪
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♪ Take the tankcarro armato down so you can breatherespirare
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♪ Porta una bombola per respirare ♪
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♪ Là sotto ♪
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MovementsMovimenti slowlento
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♪ Movimenti lenti ♪
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♪ You are an islandisola
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♪ Sei un'isola ♪
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♪ All the secretssegreti untilfino a then ♪
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♪ Tutti i segreti fino ad allora ♪
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PriedCuriosato openAperto I heldheld them ♪
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♪ Li ho scardinati e tenuti aperti ♪
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UntilFino al they were still ♪
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♪ Finché non si sono fermati ♪
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UntilFino al they were still ♪
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(MusicMusica by CarolineCaroline LufkinLufkin)
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(MusicMusica by AnnaAnna OxygenOssigeno)
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DreamSogno time, I will find you ♪
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♪ Tempo dei sogni, ti troverò ♪
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♪ You are shadyombreggiato, you are newnuovo
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♪ Sei in ombra, sei nuovo ♪
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♪ I'm not so good at morningsmattina
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♪ Il mattino non è fatto per me ♪
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♪ I can see too clearlychiaramente
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♪ Vedo troppo chiaramente ♪
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♪ I preferpreferire the nighttimeFoto notturne
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♪ Preferisco la notte ♪
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DarkScuro and blurrysfocato
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♪ Scura e sfuocata ♪
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FallingChe cade night ♪
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♪ La notte cala ♪
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HoveringIn bilico lightleggero
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♪ La luce aleggia ♪
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CallingLa chiamata night ♪
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♪ La notte chiama ♪
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HoveringIn bilico lightleggero
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♪ La luce aleggia ♪
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♪ In the moontimeMoontime I will give up my life ♪
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♪ Con la luna rinuncerò alla vita ♪
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♪ And in the deepin profondità dreamssogni
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♪ E nel profondo dei sogni ♪
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♪ You will find me ♪
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Mi troverai
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[ExcerptsEstratti from "MythMito and InfrastructureInfrastrutture"]
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BrunoBruno GiussaniGiussani: Come back.
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Bruno Giussani: Torna qui.
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MiwaMiwa MatreyekMatreyek!
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Miwa Matreyek!
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Translated by Monica Gambelli
Reviewed by Daniela Vladimirova

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Miwa Matreyek - Multimedia artist
Miwa Matreyek creates performances where real shapes and virtual images trade places, amid layers of animation, video and live bodies.

Why you should listen

Miwa Matreyek's work blurs the line between real and unreal. In live works that integrate animation, performance, and video installation, she explores how animation changes when it is combined with body and space (and vice versa). In her video projects, animation takes on a more physical and present quality, while body and space take on a more fantastical quality.

On one hand, Matreyek's performance can be viewed as a cinematic experience taking place on a screen. On the other hand, what is seen on the screen is a collapsed product of multiple layers of animation, objects and body. Her work exists in a juxtaposition of illusion and nonillusion. Matreyek is also a founding member of the performance media group Cloud Eye Control, which makes theatrical productions with cleverly integrated animation projections.

The piece Matreyek performs at TEDGlobal 2010 is an abridgement of the work "Myth and Infrastructure."

Music credits:

Shadow Hands scene song: Anna Oxygen
Island scene song: "Shells" by Mirah, (a)spera, K records
City scene song: Caroline Lufkin
Magic Hands scene song: Anna Oxygen
additional music by Mileece

More profile about the speaker
Miwa Matreyek | Speaker | TED.com