Elle Márjá Eira and Dianna Cohen | NaturArchy 2022

Jun 24, 2022 · 1m 58s
Elle Márjá Eira and Dianna Cohen | NaturArchy 2022
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A brief statements from Elle Márjá Eira and Dianna Cohen who have attended to Resonances IV SciArt Summer School at Joint Research Centre in Ispra, Italy. > Elle Márjá Eira...

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A brief statements from Elle Márjá Eira and Dianna Cohen who have attended to Resonances IV SciArt Summer School at Joint Research Centre in Ispra, Italy.

> Elle Márjá Eira is a Northern Sámi artist from Guovdageaidnu. She has written, directed and produced several short films, music videos and art installations. Work experience as an actress and composer at The Sámi National Theatre Beaivvaš. In collaboration with film composer Christoph Beck, she has made yoiks for The 12th Man (2017), Harald Zwart's film about the resistance hero Jan Baalsrud. Elle Márjá collaborates musically with John Paul Jones and Lucy Parnell in a band project called Snoweye. Eira has been selected for the talent program UP 2.0 (2020-2022) by Norwegian Film Institute, Talent Norge and Norsk Tipping (it is a development program for filmmakers who aspire to make feature films and series). She is now involved in several fi lm and art projects. She is currently working on a 360 and VR fi lm called "EALLU" which premieres at the Venice Biennale (Árran 360). She is working on the TV series POWER PLAY and on her first debut feature fi lm. In addition, she has an exhibition at Kochi Biennale 2022 in collaboration with Dáiddadállu.

> Dianna Cohen is Co-Founder and CEO of Plastic Pollution Coalition and a passionate advocate against plastic pollution. A Los Angeles based visual artist, Dianna has shown her work internationally at galleries, foundations, and museums. She uses plastic in her artwork to make a visual and social impact. With plastic bags as her primary material for the past 30 years, Cohen is interested in exploring its materiality through modifications and the material’s relationship to culture, media, toxicity, and the world at large and shared this in her 2010 TED talk “Tough Truths About Plastic Pollution.” Dianna is a frequent speaker and media expert and has spoken at the UN and international conferences and symposia, and has been interviewed by Al Jazeera, NBC Nightly News, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Guardian, USA Today, Martha Stewart Living, and many others. She is the recipient of the Global Green Environment Award, the Snow Angel Award, and the Environmentalist of the Year by SIMA, among others. Dianna studied Biology, Art, and Film at the University of California, Los Angeles and holds a BA in Fine Arts.
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