Tess Martin is an independent animator who is preoccupied with how time-based media can make us reflect and learn truths about ourselves. She attempts to do this by drawing, painting or sculpting scenes and manipulating them one frame at a time: hand-crafting experiences that blur the boundary between experimental and narrative, and animation, film and art. Themes of her work are perception, mental states, communication and our relationship with the natural world. Tess is based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Learn more: www.tessmartinart.com, www.vimeo.com and www.instagram.com

Frame of Mind is a 75 minute film that explores six neurological conditions in different hand-made animation techniques through the story of Rita, an animator suffering from anterograde amnesia.

Tess Martin was in residence at the Camargo Foundation in 2019, as part of the Core Program.