Paola Caramanna is a Canadian, Mexican, and Italian stop-motion animator, director, fabricator and puppeteer based in Toronto, with a bachelor’s degree in Experimental Animation and a minor in Integrated Media from OCADU. In her practice, the material informs the narrative; exploring how surreal and magical world building may dissect larger than lifev aspects of her identity. Finding inspiration in texture, sensation, performance and storytelling traditions within her cultures, she uses stop-motion and puppets to dissect how movements can mirror the uncanny world between abiotic objects and people.