Free. Reservations not required.Fath Auditorium. Seating is first come\, first served. Please enter thr ough the DeWitt entrance.
\nJoin us for the Cincinnati pre miere of This World Is Not My Own\, featuring an in troduction and post-film conversation with Marquise Stillwell. The film f ocuses on artist Nellie Mae Rowe\, whose artwork is included in the speci al exhibition Creating Connectio ns: Self-Taught Artists in the Rosenthal Collection.
\nThis World Is Not My Own\, directed by Opendox (Petter Ringbom and
Marquise Stillwell)\, 2023.
97 minutes\, documentary\, in English.
For most of her life\, Nellie Mae Rowe made art in obscurity in her home
outside of Atlanta. Six years before her death\, a wealthy gallerist intr
oduced her work to the art world.
Over four acts\, < em>This World Is Not My Own traces the lifespan of an a rtist who struggles to dedicate her life to art while exploring the perso nal and political events that shaped her singular body of work. The film mixes traditional documentary techniques with animations and scripted sce nes based on Nellie Mae Rowe quotes.
\nIn sets that reimagine Nelli e’s home\, actress Uzo Aduba embodies an animated 3D character based on N ellie’s likeness. Her recorded dialogue\, movements\, and song make Nelli e come to life.
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Marquise Stillwell is a designer and a catal
yst for building communities and products across design\, art\, and cultu
re. His career spans across two decades\, and his curiosity for people an
d spaces developed into a passion for designing systems to make environme
nts better for all people. In 2009\, Marquise founded Openbox – a design
research and planning studio based in New York City that works at the int
ersection of people\, cities\, and planet. Within Openbox\, he later co-f
ounded Opendox\, a film company that tells lesser-known narratives around
art\, science\, nature\, and politics.
Stillwell has executive p roduced The New Bauhaus and most recen tly co-directed This World Is Not My Own\, which pr emiered at SXSW and Hot Docs. He has also co-founded Dee m Journal\, a biannual print journal and online platform focused on design as social practice\, and Urban Ocean Lab\, a think tank for the fu ture of coastal cities. Most recently\, he acquired Stae\, a go-to open-s ource data hub that allows people to visualize and leverage open city dat a in a meaningful way.
\nStillwell serves as a board member for the Center for Architecture and on advisory boards for Creative Capital and Riverkeeper. He is also a member of the High Line Advisory Committee\, a fellow at Urban Design Forum\, and was a Founding Board Member and Co-Cha ir at The Lowline\, the first underground park.
\nFilm still: A
nimated Nellie Mae Rowe by her home known as the “playhouse.”
©Opendox\, Photography by
Petter Ringbom. Character Animation &\; VFX by Kaktus Film
Headshot courtesy of Marquise Stillwell
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