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Tess Martin

Artist working across animation, installation, and expanded cinema

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Animation as Reconstruction

Animation functions here as a method of inquiry — a way of constructing images of what cannot be directly observed. Through processes of layering, erasure, and transformation, these works reconstruct lost histories, invisible temporal processes, or unstable perceptual relationships. The image emerges gradually, revealing time as a generative force rather than a neutral backdrop.

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