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  • Uncanny: The Dolls of Mariana Monteagudo (2018)
  • Short | 29 min | Documentary, Short, Fantasy
Uncanny: The Dolls of Mariana Monteagudo (2018)
Short | 29 min | Documentary, Short, Fantasy
2020 Emmy Award winner. "Uncanny, The Dolls of Mariana Monteagudo" is a short documentary about renowned Venezuelan visual artist currently residing in Florida, Mariana Monteagudo; her creative process and her inspirations behind her ...See more2020 Emmy Award winner. "Uncanny, The Dolls of Mariana Monteagudo" is a short documentary about renowned Venezuelan visual artist currently residing in Florida, Mariana Monteagudo; her creative process and her inspirations behind her intriguing, eerie and culturally hybrid doll sculptures, all made of repurposed materials that were originally waste. In the film, we join Mariana into dumpster diving and visiting local thrift shops; closely following her through the creation of her new doll series "Uncanny", where topics like capitalism, immigration, consumerism, maternity, contemporary art, terror and upcycling are explored. Coming from a strong family tradition of ceramists in Venezuela, Mariana loves giving a second life to objects that are discarded by our society. Like a waste picker, she walks around neighborhoods to salvage gems from people's bulk trashes, rescuing textiles or baseball balls, plastic bottles of orange juice or an old unkempt teddy bear. Mariana also visits local thrift stores looking for unwanted objects that may excite her creativity, contributing with the processes of upcycling and reuse. To her, everything has potential for inspiration and hybridism, and that's the way she lives her life: continuously seeking, always resuscitating abandoned things, permanently combining and thinking ahead of time and placing her faith into the most unimagined creations. But when you see those dolls, everything makes sense, and a magical symbiosis is initiated, resulting in the reflection of today's globalized and interconnected world. See less
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Director
Elaine Minionis
Producer
Elaine Minionis
Cinematographer
Elaine Minionis
Editor
Elaine Minionis
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Updated Sep 27, 2017
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