WORKING CONCEPT: The artist will create an animation for a three-screen LED portal which will be installed outside of the Tampa Convention Center. Original music for the animation will be composed and will be made available as a podcast.
The Portal prototype will consist of three (3) LED screens, each 4’ x 8’ and will feature three, loops of art, one of which features the animation of Marina Zurkow. The Portals are artistic and educational in function and intent, providing user groups with a variety of content that focuses on Arts and Culture, Environment, and Well Being. This strong educational component includes a coalition of specialists from each of the core content areas and is part of the Riverwalk Cultural Plan.
BRIEF BIO: Marina Zurkow makes animated cartoons, interactive installations, and printed pop objects.
Recent projects include Karaoke Ice: a box truck, free icies, custom tinklepop karaoke, and a squirrel emcee, with Katie Salen and Nancy Nowacek; and the seven-channel animated installation, Nicking the Never, that overlaid the pitfalls of a young girl onto the Tibetan Wheel of Life. Zurkow also created the award-winning episodic cartoon Braingirl, chronicling a mutant-cute girl who wears her insides on the outside. Her icons and characters have been incorporated into films, hotel design, lightboxes and clothing. Upcoming projects include Funnelhead, a large collection of animated, sculptural installations and their artifacts.
Since 2000, Zurkow has exhibited at Sundance, the Rotterdam Film Festival, Res Fest, Ars Electronica, Creative Time, The Kitchen, the Walker Art Center, the Brooklyn Museum, The National Museum for Women in the Arts, Eyebeam Atelier, and other venues. Her videos have been broadcast on MTV, FujiTV and PBS. She teaches at NYU’s Interactive Technology Program (ITP) and lives in Brooklyn.
