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For the video “Cake Mix”, I asked various people to tell me a story that could be called a “serendipitous occurrence”. After listening to each story, I randomly edited the narratives, using the idea of chance and serendipity to create the audio track. The images of the cakes intrigued me just as much as the stories of coincidence, so I placed these seemingly non-related audio and video together for the viewer to make his or her own connections.

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Paula Brett is an artist, performer, and educator working in Budapest, Hungary. Incorporating video, sound, physical movement, and sculptural objects, her work deals with subjects such as created identity, coincidence, and ritual. Paula has trained in various multimedia technologies, visual art, contact improvisation, Gurdjieff movements, modern dance, and burlesque. She has presented work in Chicago, Illinois, at the PAC/Edge Performance Art Festival, ARC Gallery, Vietnam Veteran’s Art Museum, the Hokin Center, and Spareroom; in Tucson, Arizona at the Dinnerware Contemporary Project Gallery; and in Balatonfüred, Hungary at the Hungarian Multicultural Art Center. Paula holds an MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts and Media from Columbia College Chicago.

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