2. Natalie Einterz

ARTIST STATEMENT

We probably haven’t met yet. I’m not trying to make it awkward, but you’re fantastic and more than enough and damn, look at how radiant you are! My name’s Natalie Einterz, and I’m wondering--

Have you taken a moment to love yourself today? To love how extraordinary and downright miraculous you are?! I know that might sound cheesy, but our minds are more powerful than we sometimes recognize and ultimately our internal thoughts create our reality. My animation, “Presents of Mind”, nods to the idea of the present being a present, or gift, and offers reminders of how magical you are.

I love exploring meditation, mindfulness, mental health and the idea of manifestation in my art. I find that the present moment is also where love exists most strongly. Love is in the tiny, ordinary moments, in simple acts of kindness, and in the thoughts we think about ourselves.

The vignettes throughout my animation explore the way these small bits of love grow and expand.

Great thinkers have delved into this topic for centuries, so I’ll let one of them sum it up much better than I can—

From Rumi, a 13th century poet: “Love is not an emotion, it’s your very existence.”

ARTIST BIO

Because of its many elements (graphics, footage, audio, color), video has always been Natalie Einterz’s favorite artistic medium, but she’s taken a windy road toward animation. When getting her master’s degree specializing in documentary production, Natalie was fascinated by the attempt to represent something objectively through inherently subjective media, which largely led to her explorations in philosophy and meditation.

Now, her regular meditation practice guides her in life and in her artistic pursuits. As she started learning animation, a whole new world of creativity opened up. She finds a lot of satisfaction in helping to share the benefits of mindset practice through the videos she creates, and she finds that animation affords even more opportunity to do so. Lately, Natalie has been increasingly intrigued by immersive art and its ability to take the video medium’s elements even further. Side Stories allows her to continue to explore video projection with the added component of playing with elements on the wall’s surface.

When not playing with personal animation and video projects, Natalie works as a freelance motion designer, illustrator and video editor, creating animated graphics for promotional videos, commercials and documentaries for a variety of clients.