Soliloquy

Soliloquy

In Meditation, part of the Kita’s World series, Martine Syms creates digital avatar Kita, who acts as cultural commentator, speaking to questions...

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The African Desperate

The African Desperate

It’s MFA grad Palace Bryant’s final 24 hours in art school, and she is not going to the graduation party! She needs to get back home to Chicago...

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She Mad: Bitch Zone

She Mad: Bitch Zone

At a weeklong camp for teenage girls, a counselor leads the campers through a series of exercises that blend the language of female empowerment and...

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DED

DED

DED shows Martine Syms's digital avatar-based on a 3-D scan of her body—in a vast virtual landscape against an infinite horizon. She casually walks...

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Incense, Sweaters, & Ice

Incense, Sweaters, & Ice

Incense, Sweaters, and Ice is a new feature film inspired by the idea that anything one does while being watched is a performance. The film follows...

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My Only Idol is Reality

My Only Idol is Reality

My Only Idol is Reality is a video work created from an excerpt of Season One of MTV’s The Real World. The piece uses repetition as a framework for...

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Memory Palace

Memory Palace

Memory Palace is a short video grounded in the personal history of the artist. A discovery of a photo album activates memories of physical spaces...

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A Pilot for a Show About Nowhere

A Pilot for a Show About Nowhere

A Pilot for a Show About Nowhere uses the premise of a pitch and the formula of Sitcom to deliver an essay on representation, self-presentation...

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An Evening with Queen White

An Evening with Queen White

An improvised monologue performed by an invented character partly inspired by Syms' great aunt, her godmother and Maxine Powell, the director of...

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Soliloquy

Soliloquy

In Soliloquy, part of the Kita’s World series, Martine Syms creates digital avatar Kita, who acts as cultural commentator, speaking to questions of...

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