![]() ![]() →You cannot imply that the content is created or claimed to be the copyright of the artwork by you or someone other than the copyright holder of the Pikbest content. →You can only use an Item for lawful purposes. You can’tĬlaim trademark or service mark rights over an Item within the End Product created using that Item. →You cannot use the content in the Pikbest Content (totally or partially) in any trademark, logo or part of the same. →You cannot use the content in the Pikbest Content in printed or electronic items aimed to be resold. →You cannot resell, redistribute, access, share or transfer Pikbest Content. While privileges are different upon different user types, there are some restrictions which are applicable to all Pikbest users. The Pikbest Authorization differs upon different situations. ![]() So even if the idea behind the piece is complicated – I try to convey it through simpler and more humorous means.Pikbest authorizes the User in a non-transferable, non-exclusive manner and on a worldwide basis for the duration of the relevant rights to download, use and modify the Pikbest Content, as expressly permitted by the applicable license and subject to this document. "However, I never wanted to deliver very complicated or depressing ideas through my works: After all, the creation of the magical worlds was always a process of finding peace of mind and escaping from the harshness of reality. "I like to incorporate subtle and whimsical moods and objects within my worlds, and I am not afraid of exploring the ugliness because the ugliness of the surrounding was a huge part of my upbringing. Now I want femininity to manifest itself in everything I make, allowing my worlds and my characters to be as free, funny, and moody as they want by embracing their true selves. "I incorporate an unleashed sensation of girlishness, something which I've only begun to express in the last couple of years, after accepting my personality and body as it is. "I embody the essence of magic and fairy tales in my work, making a homage to the immense and vast worlds that we dreamt of while growing up," she adds. I tried too hard to fit it into other people's expectations of a narrative-driven short film. "I felt too constrained in expressing my dark emotions, which led to a more polished and dishonest representation of my concept. "When I first began working on the film, it took a completely different direction, which I struggled with," she explains. ![]() In fact, the most difficult obstacle facing Aleksandra while making the animation was settling on a topic. Yet despite confronting some pretty heavy topics, The Caterpillar Girl does not come across as depressive. "I try to keep those flaws visible while filtering them through my own magical and humorous lens." "My works are often inspired by the whimsical, funny, and often ugly surroundings that were a big part of growing up for me," she reveals. Drawing on online publications and creating mood boards with strange architectural elements and odd social media characters were all part of the creative process. Watch it below.Īs well as her personal background, another important influence on The Caterpillar Girl was the culture of Aleksandra's home country. "In the end, I merged their stories with my own to create a sort of collective experience," she tells Creative Boom. And as well as transforming her own experiences into art, Aleksandra made her feelings universal by interviewing other Eastern-European women to hear how they grew up in an oppressive environment. These struggles with self-acceptance and her traumatic upbringing inspired Aleksandra to create The Caterpillar Girl and curiously magical short animation in which she could be completely honest and open about her past. This only served to compound the shame and societal pressures she felt as a woman, where even the smallest of pimples could leave her house-bound "because a woman's appearance is extremely important in Belarus and constantly under scrutiny." Coming from a family where her mother was rarely a presence at home due to her work, and her father spent the majority of his time living and working overseas in the US, Aleksandra suffered a lot of loneliness. As well as letting go of the old, rigorous academic training of her home country, she has also made peace with her past and learnt to accept herself for who she is. Aleksandra has come a long way since moving from Minsk to the Netherlands when she was 19, where she would go on to be enrolled at Willem de Kooning Academie in Rotterdam. ![]()
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