This was a really cool book. It doesn’t try to go too deep (the phone screen page with all the alternative names to the apps hit close, c’mon now….)

It’s a doodle-esque art style, and, its a very clean version of that style which I really liked. Every page definitely had me laughing at different levels too. A fun and thought provoking (but not too deep thoughts) book for sure.

I directed the new “Cool” video for Soccer Mommy animations by @artbabygrace

"This series of animations was inspired by finding solace in celebrating traditionally dismissed feminine objects, the act of creating a world that mirrors my desires, and Eiichi Yamamoto’s dark psychedelic fantasy tale ‘Belladonna of Sadness’ (1973).”  - Grace Miceli

‘In Search of Us’ with Petra Collins and Friends

To see more from the event, check out #PopRallyxPetra on Instagram.

Artists Petra Collins (@petrafcollins) and Madelyne Beckles (@bellhoox), who co-curated the digital salon “In Search of Us,” have been collaborating since high school. “We met in grade nine and clicked right away,” says Madelyne, who lives in Montreal. “We’ve both evolved into different artists, but love working together, because we are such great friends. Our differences lend themselves well to each other’s practices.”

For this project, which celebrates the representation of women by women, they selected two artists — Aleia Murawski (@aleia) and (@artbabygirl) — who along with Madelyne Grace Miceli produced unique video work. “From a feminist standpoint, collaboration is essential to my practice, politically and artistically,” Madelyne says. “It will always make work stronger and ideas come off more potent when there are different people involved working towards the same vision or goal. Also, to be real: you can’t do everything yourself.”

For Aleia, who lives in Chicago, this approach is familiar. “My art has been shown mostly within DIY women-led art spaces and projects,” she says. “It is a much different framework than the art world I studied in school. It is less about economy and more about forming relationships with other artists. I see this more and more: young artists starting projects to promote one another, to lift each other up and to create safe spaces and opportunities for each other.”

Grace, who lives in New York, agreed. “It’s incredible when your favorite artists are also your friends,” she says. “I want to be an artist who builds confidence in my viewers and makes them feel a little less alone — someone who helps us to understand each other and ourselves. These animations are meant to explore the complicated space a young woman inhabits, where the objects and experiences that are pushed upon you are simultaneously looked down upon by the world around you.”

“Let Her Eat Grapes!”

“‘Let Her Eat Grapes!’ is an interrogation of Dutch still life painting by insertion of black female body into the work. This is meant to illuminate the tension between aestheticizing the abundance that appears in the domestic sphere, while the Dutch were capitalizing off of black bodies through slavery at the same point in history.” - Madelyne Beckles

For PopRally Presents Petra Collins: In Search of Us, artists Madelyne Beckles, Aleia Murawski, and Grace Miceli have created videos to re-examine the canonical representation of the female body through a series of original, short artist videos conceived with Petra Collins.