Through surreal animated collages, Tatiana Florival builds imaginary worlds and scenes that contemplate society, culture, and other mystifying aspects of human life: death, nature, and the relation between the mind and the body. She assembles live action footage, motion-capture puppetry, animated drawings and photography, and special effects in order to create imagined universes. Florival’s films are equally anchored in the recognizable and the impossible– she’s interested in observing historical and cultural happenings, and translating those observations into imagined landscapes, characters, and stories.
She holds a BFA in Painting from the Rhode Island School of Design, and has exhibited at Baxter St at the CCNY, Ortega y Gasset Projects, Studio 9D, Kunstraum Gallery, the Bijou Theater, and Expose Gallery. She has had residencies at Baxter St at the CCNY, MASS MoCA, and BRIC.
Photos: Emily Woo (c)