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Occulta Dama

Artist, Filmmaker, Lecturer & Researcher

Publications

PhD Thesis - April 2026

  “The Bio-liminal: Imagining Beyond Crisis Through the Animated Lens”
 

Baltic Horror Collection - University Of Wales Press - 2026

“The Devil Is In The Details: Horror Objects Through The Baltic Lens” 

 

DARK- Field Report 3,  Zine MMU Press - 2024 

“Not of the Home: Redefining Liminal Space”

Exhibits

  • The Bioliminal - Manchester - April 2026 - solo exhibit 

  • Wild research - Manchester, SODA gallery - October 2025

  • Research in Play, MODAL gallery - December 2025 

  • Kinder Than Cuts - AniJam GLOBAL - June 2025 - exhibitor

  • SODA x Montag Residency showcase - Istanbul, Montag gallery - April 2025 - exhibitor 

  • CHEAD Exhibit - Manchester, SODA Gallery - March 2025 - exhibitor 

  • ECR WIP Art Exhibit - Manchester, MODAL GALLERY - November 2024 - exhibitor 

Talks

Emotions In Turmoil - University of Western Australia -June 2025 - Speaker

“The Bio-liminal: An Alternative Future for the End Times"


The Omnipotence of Dreams exhibit - Salford Museum & Art Gallery - February 2025 - Presenter

“ Welcome to the Black Forest - Re-imagining Environment to Resolve the Anthropocene"


 LFA Conference, Recognition and Empathy - York College PA - September 2024 - Speaker

 “The Black Forest: Welcome to the Realm Of the Bio-Liminal”


Birmingham Festival -  BBC Birmingham - August 2023 -  presenter

“ The Bio-liminal: The Vast Universe of Micro Insect Worlds”


Society of Animation Studies Annual Conference - June 2023 - Rowan University - Speaker

 “ Knowing Doesn't make us feel: Disrupting Biophobia through the animated Lens”


20th Annual Interdisciplinary Conference - March 2023 - Indiana University - speaker 

 “Matter without Meaning: The Anarchic Unconscious and the Liminal Horror Space”


Society of Animation Studies Annual Conference - June 2022 - Teesside University - Speaker

“ The Insect World Versus Biophobia: How Animation Can Encourage Biophilia In The Wake Of Insect Extinction”

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Artist, filmmaker, PhD researcher and senior lecturer based in Manchester, UK.

Areas of expertise: Animation, Puppetry, Psychoanalysis, Occultism, Folklore and Activism

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