My name is Andrea (newswimming) and I'm a documentary filmmaker and cultural worker from Los Angeles experimenting with media arts research at our Cinema school. My background is in arts and academia, but I had always pushed the boundaries of what that includes, such as anti-disciplinary methods that foreground relational intimacies. Currently I'm writing a dissertation on reparative arts methods emerging from 1970's Korean avant-garde theatre, Indigenous mask dance, and grassroots media art innovation. I have a passion for seaweed-based diets and designing rituals around food. Previous affiliations include the U.S. Fulbright Program, MIT Open Documentary Lab, Duke Literature Program, and Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, MIT Transmedia Storytelling Initiative, amongst other arts research and civic spaces. My feature film INVISIBLE ORGAN (2021) introduced me to topics of feminist biomedical innovation and inner reproductive health, which brought me closer to my artistic and design research practice.