Kriti Kaur
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Isabela Littger
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Anna Paddock
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What better way to start the new year by highlighting the new talent of three young artists blessed with wild imaginations, work ethic, dedication to do what they love. Art for Anna, Isabela, and Kriti is their love for life, their way of questioning and challenging themselves and society, expressing what they know, figuring out what they don't and sharing stories to acknowledge our own existence. We'll be on board for the ride. Exciting times ahead for Isabela Littger, Anna Paddock and Kriti Kaur.
Hello girls, tell us something more about You...
Hello. My name is Isabela Littger, and I am currently working as a storyboarder and concept artist at Vetor Zero in Brazil.
Your Motto:
Always try to be the best version of yourself.
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Hi. My name is Anna Paddock. I’m a freelance artist from Northern Michigan that graduated from Ringling College of Art and Design.
My Motto: You learn from every failure.
My Motto: You learn from every failure.
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And, I am Kriti Kaur, a recent graduate from the Ringling College of Art and Design. I am currently residing in New York, interning with the Frederator studios.
and my Motto is: Thinking will not overcome fear, but action will.
and my Motto is: Thinking will not overcome fear, but action will.
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Your vision behind "None of That”:
Anna Paddock - Honestly, from the start, we never really had a true “vision” for our film. We had a funny idea and rolled with it. It took a lot of story revisions to get it to where it was today. Lots of failed jokes, story plots, and character choices but in the end we came out with a really funny piece. It helped that it was relatable to a lot of people too.
Isabela Littger - The core idea of None of That was inspired by a trip I made to Italy which triggered the question: What would it be like to have a tiny nun censoring the statues at The Trevi Fountain. That was the starting point that led us to explore all fun options and situations we could bring to light from that simple idea.
Kriti Kaur - Our team member, Isabela, came up with this idea initially inspired by her childhood in a Catholic School. Anna and I liked it and we joined forces. We all expanded on that idea, experimented with a variety of beginnings, endings, set ups, and reworked the story as much as we could have in the time allowed to us. At the end of the day, our main aim was to present a story that was honest. The characters weren’t doing anything that didn’t come to them naturally. The story wasn’t being forced into any direction for the sake of getting laughs. Nobody was trying to preach about religion or even make a statement about censorship. We were all just trying to tell a story that was true to its characters. Perhaps it is its honesty that people are able to relate to the most.
Your film/art in connection to the people/community you identify with...
Anna Paddock - A lot of people related to our film for things besides the obvious censorship of nudity. My favorite, that has been told to our group, is that it related to an individual's struggle of gay rights in their country. They related to our short film in the way that their countries religions were censoring the LBGT community. They wanted to share our video in their Facebook group as a way to start a conversation on the topic. I thought that was very special to be able to be part of that.
Kriti Kaur - Our film is not about religious censorship, even though at first glance it may come across as such. The way we see it is that it is about the freedom of expression, no matter what the expression may be. People have seen this film as a statement for secularism, for their sexuality, for their political views and for the rights to have their voice heard. We are happy to be able to be a part of these stories, and to have our work serve as a medium for people to share their own beliefs.
Isabela Littger - I feel extremely honored that our film has reached so many people as a trigger for conversations. So many people told us that the film represented them in a way or another and that reflects a variety of experiences with censorship. Our final intention was to bring up the subject of censorship as a whole, and not necessarily only associated with religion. However, the nun character came in handy because we needed a figure that most people could understand and relate with at some level.
Life in Art is all about...
Isabela Littger - Daring to create, questioning life, and challenging yourself and society.
Anna Paddock - Doing what you love to do as a living. I’ve been blessed with an over active imagination that never was snuffed out by discouragement, and I wish the same happens to everyone. It’s not always going to pay off right away, it’s a lot of hard work, but it’s hard work you should love to do.
Kriti Kaur - Expression. Art retells the stories we live. It is about figuring out what we think of life and of ourselves, and then further figuring out how to share our thoughts in the best possible way. It may be hard, it may leaves us vulnerable to all sorts of judgments, but to express ourselves is to acknowledge our own existence. It isn’t essential to our survival but it is what makes us alive.
Anna Paddock - A lot of people related to our film for things besides the obvious censorship of nudity. My favorite, that has been told to our group, is that it related to an individual's struggle of gay rights in their country. They related to our short film in the way that their countries religions were censoring the LBGT community. They wanted to share our video in their Facebook group as a way to start a conversation on the topic. I thought that was very special to be able to be part of that.
Kriti Kaur - Our film is not about religious censorship, even though at first glance it may come across as such. The way we see it is that it is about the freedom of expression, no matter what the expression may be. People have seen this film as a statement for secularism, for their sexuality, for their political views and for the rights to have their voice heard. We are happy to be able to be a part of these stories, and to have our work serve as a medium for people to share their own beliefs.
Isabela Littger - I feel extremely honored that our film has reached so many people as a trigger for conversations. So many people told us that the film represented them in a way or another and that reflects a variety of experiences with censorship. Our final intention was to bring up the subject of censorship as a whole, and not necessarily only associated with religion. However, the nun character came in handy because we needed a figure that most people could understand and relate with at some level.
Life in Art is all about...
Isabela Littger - Daring to create, questioning life, and challenging yourself and society.
Anna Paddock - Doing what you love to do as a living. I’ve been blessed with an over active imagination that never was snuffed out by discouragement, and I wish the same happens to everyone. It’s not always going to pay off right away, it’s a lot of hard work, but it’s hard work you should love to do.
Kriti Kaur - Expression. Art retells the stories we live. It is about figuring out what we think of life and of ourselves, and then further figuring out how to share our thoughts in the best possible way. It may be hard, it may leaves us vulnerable to all sorts of judgments, but to express ourselves is to acknowledge our own existence. It isn’t essential to our survival but it is what makes us alive.
