The deeper dive

Helena Papageorgiou started off playing music in bands around Brisbane and went to many many shows. There she started to film live performances and start editing them together. Eventually when bands started asking for music videos she though it would be worth learning more than cross fades to cobble the recordings together.

Haaving always loved animation this seemed like the perfect time to dive in and teach herself animation.

Her main motivation was initially having music as a sort of driver for the visuals and as time went on this expanded to more ways to tell stories. Finding inspiration n the skewed and abstract she took these things and embarked on her swirly whirly path.

an Animator, Art Director and Artist who works in music videos, live visuals as well as using Augmented Reality in her works to form a narrative experience. These animations can appear in various forms from 2d illustrative works, 3D to collage to film and motion design. Helena uses these stylistic mediums to build worlds and where possible immerse the viewer and take them into their own sense of curved realities.

Helena is often Inspired by humour, tilted realities, and observations of the natural world. For her, animation has the ability to create something from scratch and alter people’s perceptions to allow for that suspension of disbelief. 

Helena strives to create something that is so close to our reality but weirdly displaced at the same time which unwittingly launches a reinvestigation into these common everyday subjects/objects.

Helena has been using her animation in Augmented Reality to extend the storytelling facet to include new and immersive art. Completing an artist residency with Snap to become an official Lens creator, she then went on to work in conjunction with Google as part of Earth Day 2021.  This collaboration resulted in winning the category of “Environmental & Social Good” and received an award at the Snap LensFest in 2021

Additional AR Residencies at the Museum of Brisbane as part of the 'The Storytellers' exhibition only furthered this combination of art forms 

Curating the Horizon Festival AR art trail to work with established visual artists and transform their work into interactive motion experiences using Augmented Reality. The works were presented across Nambour, collectively forming an interactive walking trail event.

Helena’s work is constantly building worlds for viewers to experience and possibly reimagine their own current environments.

From the Gallery of NSW, Flinders Quarter Art walks in Melbourne over to the NZ rooftops, West Hollywood murals to Swedish AR Mural Festivals such as ArtScape she has been using her animations to broaden this communication vehicle in AR and create visually superimposed tales.

Helena has collaborated on projects with companies including Nike, Snap, Google,

Apple, EyeJack, Qantas, Gallery of NSW, Warner Music. She has created AR art walks through the Sunshine Coast, Flinders Quarters and has augmented works published in books such as Prosthetic Reality and Nyiyaparli Flora Book. Her live visuals have been featured in music festivals and shows across Australia.

Helena’s music videos and AR work have been recognised both locally and

internationally with award winning commendations.