{"id":7610,"title":"Vanessa Lauria","kind":"bio","url":"https://www.videohistoryproject.org/vanessa-lauria","version":"ac5d2d276996bd0dff2b718776468e47f1b688d702d5bce3ba005f399eb7275e","modified":"2011-06-18T00:00:17+00:00","credits":[],"authorKeys":[],"subjects":["bio"],"metadata":[{"label":"First name","value":"Vanessa","url":null},{"label":"Last name","value":"Lauria","url":null}],"citations":{"page":"\u0022Vanessa Lauria.\u0022 Video History Project, Experimental Television Center, 2011. https://www.videohistoryproject.org/vanessa-lauria.","publication":null,"risUrl":"https://www.videohistoryproject.org/citation/7610.ris"},"links":[],"sections":[{"name":"body","source":"VHP record body","generated":false,"characters":1321},{"name":"summary","source":"existing VHP generated summary","generated":true,"characters":587}],"content":{"section":"body","source":"VHP record body","generated":false,"text":"I\u0027ve spent most of my life in upstate NY, growing up in Buffalo, attending Syracuse University and currently residing in Rochester. College afforded me an opportunity to observe a wide variety of art forms. Interested in surface pattern and textiles but wishing to explore more than the traditional folk usage of the medium, I majored in illustration. It wasn\u0027t until my junior year at school that I began to take the skills learned in the illustration program and shape a style for myself. I experimented using fibers as a medium, drawing with a needle and sewing machine, painting with the patterns and textures of fabric. After being exposed to avant-garde cinema in the work of Maya Deren and Jan Svankmajer, I began to work on several animation projects. I try to find a simple scene or moment and exploring the details in that moment, adding detail and a lot of hidden treasures. The rotoscoping technique is very similar to building a drawing stitch by stitch. I am able to be in total control touching and changing every video frame by hand in a more simplified style. I enjoy being able to experiment with different styles and techniques in animation as much as choosing cross-stitch, embroidery or appliqu\u00E9 for illustration. Vanessa received a Finishing Funds 2006 award from the Experimental Television Center.","offset":0,"nextOffset":null,"totalCharacters":1321,"complete":true},"rightsUrl":"https://www.videohistoryproject.org/terms-service"}