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About Video Art Collaboration with Amanda Almon & Kristen Baumlier

The Official Youtube channel exhibiting the video/animation work by Amanda Almon and Kristen Baumlier. The work features 2 artists who collaborated on work about energy and conservation issues. The Petroleum Pop Princess is a performance project initiated by Kristen Baumlier, and installation and performance videos and animations were completed with a collaboration with Amanda Almon.

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Latest Activity

Dec 7, 2007

Date Joined

Dec 7, 2007

About this user

Amanda Almon: Video / Animation and Special FXs technical producer; creates, animates and edits video content for "pop" aesthetics. Amanda Almon is an Assistant Professor of Biomedical Art at the Cleveland Institute of Art in Cleveland, Ohio. She is a trained biomedical illustrator and animator that is interested in furthering education and activism of Environmental Issues. Almon and has collaborated with Kristen Baumlier (a.k.a - The Petroleum Pop Princess) to depict videos/animations which further ecological issues and conservation / sustainability policies.

Amanda Almon's work spans from a traditional illustration background to digital illustration, 2D / 3D modeling/animation and special effects. Almon is trained as Biomedical illustrator and animator. Her recent work explores the evolution of the traditional field of biomedical and natural science animation with new integration of concepts questioning the confluence of art, science and technology as it impacts sustainable and degrading ecologies.

Kristen Baumliér performs as the Petroleum Pop Princess Baroness Mistress with the Crude Oil Dancers. Now is the Future -- The Future is Now is a live performance that focuses on the past, present and future of energy consumption and our depletion of global resources. During a residency at the Headlands Center for the Arts in 2005, Baumlier developed "Oh, Petroleum," where she transformed into "The Petroleum Pop Princess Baroness Mistress ;" a pop icon engaging viewers in debate over materialism and oil consumerism. Baumlier has performed at the Mattress Factory, the Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, the Headlands Center for the Arts, and at the Select Media Festival in Chicago, IL.

Both the live show and video pieces feature original theme songs that aim to raise awareness of energy issues and conservation.

Credits:

Amanda Almon: Animation, Video, Techinical production, vidualization and authoring.

Kristen Baumlier: Producer and Director of "Oh, Petroleum" stars as the Petroleum Pop Princess; Author of the Songs and technical components.

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United States