Jen Stark was born in Miami, Florida in 1983 and received her BFA from Maryland Institute College of Art in 2005, majoring in fibers with a minor in animation. Her artwork mimics intricate patterns and colors found in nature while exploring ideas of replication and infinity. Although Stark is most recognized for her paper sculptures, she has explored a variety of media including wood, metal, paint, plexi and animation. Stark lives and works in Los Angeles. Her Facebook and Twitter.
Cancer Trait:
While you let life take you wherever you still move through life in your own protective shell, only reacting to your surroundings when you feel you must. You’re so painfully aware of everything you do that you might start to withdraw and not show anything; so the best thing to remember is that what you feel is okay, whatever it is, and that you need to surround yourself with people that care about your feelings.
In the new video for Lydia Ainsworth‘s “White Shadows“, director and animator Tara Dougans utilizes “a series of hand-painted motion sequences, animated frame by frame and stitched together digitally” to create a soothing, darkly whimsical visual that mirrors the track’s beautiful otherworldly vibe. Dougans says of the perfectly complementary vid:
“The video serves as a 4 minute visual response to Lydia’s composition. Rather than work with narrative, the focus was to create an interplay with the song – something akin to the invisible dance that takes place within the subconscious mind as an underlying energy takes shape and begins to grow. A dance because the evolution of an idea (a shadow) is often non-linear, traveling miles intuitively up from the depths in trust before suddenly arriving into light.”
