Episode
19: Zero Stars for Patriarchy with Tess Martin
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- The Animator’s Friend
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- Dec 20, 2025
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- 5410
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Summary
I enjoyed chatting with fellow Beatles freak Tess Martin about our other shared fixation: The Netherlands. What business does their coffee have being so good? How easy is it to be a working artist there? Is the countryside really like those old Dutch paintings? Find out within. Tess Martin is a film and visual artist based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. She brings her perspective as someone who was raised between cultures to exploring themes of belonging, identity and connection. Her short films, videos and installations address our vulnerability: in relation to nature, the onslaught of time and the precariousness of memory. Tess has both a classical fine art and an animation background and these come together in her work: she pushes the conceptual potential of hand-made animation and the narrative potential of site-specific pieces. How Now, House? investigates our yearning to leave traces behind through the prism of one house in Rotterdam. Using archives, personal memories and the philosophy of time, the film questions whether a space can ever really belong to one person, or time period, at all. How Now, House? will be screened at the upcoming London Short Film Festival, Jan 23-Feb 1, 2026. Get your hands on a Camp Snap Camera for $5 off by using my link! https://www.campsnapphoto.com/INDIALOMBARDIBELLO Links to points of discussion: Tess Martin's website Tess Martin's Instagram The Holidays at Metrograph The Animator's Friend on Instagram Camp Snap website Animator's Picnic - NYC How Now, House? 1976: Search for Life The Animator's Animations Science New Wave Festival - NYC Alice Saey's website Nienke Deutz's website Kaboom Animation Festival The Animator's Playlist Revolution in the Head by Ian MacDonald The Animator's Favorites Leon & Cocina's website Anifilm -…