"D5" & "Lis" by Wieslawa Ruta
November 21–December 4, 2021
above still images from “D5” by Wieslawa Ruta
Tell us about the artwork. What makes it unique?
“They are experimental stop motion animation which are music videos to the independent scene bands in Poland. Videos were created in experimental ways using stop motion animation, film and computer postproduction.”
Tell us about yourself. How did you come to be an artist in video/digital media?
" Wiesława Ruta, visual artist based in Poland. Strongly associated with the Polish independent music scene, hence her natural creative path as a visual artist is creating music videos for bands from Poland such as: Dynasonic, Lotto, and foreign such as Squid. Interested in experimenting with different film techniques and looking for common areas of film and music language. Interested in creative process itself, during creating tries to open the way to chance and error to get the results completely unpredictable by her.
Her research in the field of film language is inspired by the avant-garde of the early twentieth century, especially the search for absolute film in Weimar Republic.
Present at many festivals incl. ShortWaves, Etiuda&Anima, Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film (ITFS), Punto y Raya Festival, Linoleum Festival, Animateka. In 2020, her film "Seventh pressings" won the second prize at the O!PLA Polish Animated film Festival in the Formanima category. In 2021 her film "Broadcaster" made to the music Squid Band took the Main Award in the Music video category at Paris International Animation Film Festival. "
above still images from “Lis” by Wieslawa Ruta