Matreyek is interested in how animation transforms when it is combined
with the body and space (and vice-versa) and takes on a more physical and
present quality, while the body and space take on a more fantastical
Myth and
Infrastructure is
a multi-media performance using projected animation. As artist Miwa Matreyek
walks behind the screen, her shadow becomes an integral part of a fantastical
world: she traverses oceanscapes and cityscapes as she conjures magical
domestic scenes with light and shadow. Matreyek’s performance can be viewed as
a cinematic experience taking place on a screen. 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 non-illusion.

Created and performed by: Miwa Matreyek; Music by: Anna Oxygen, Caroline
Lufkin, Mirah; Additional music by: Mileece.

Organisation: City of
Women; In collaboration with: Glej Theatre