Martha Cook
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Martha Cook

Art History/Film GraduateLondon, United Kingdom
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Martha Cook
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Martha Cook

Art History/Film GraduateLondon, United Kingdom
About me
I'm a recent graduate from Cambridge University, having just completed my MPhil in Film & Screen Studies (specialising in the theory of feminine CGI bodies in Instagram animation), after my BA in Art History. I'm looking for roles in fine art galleries and creative startups.
Work history
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    Box Office AssistantADC Theatre
     - Cambridge, United KingdomPart Time
    - Managed ticket sales over the phone, in person and the computer using Spektrix. - Acted as front of house to the public, assisting in matters general to the theatre and answering production specific questions.
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    Social Media ManagerWatersprite Cambridge International Film Festival
     - Cambridge, United KingdomPart Time
    - Devised and carried out a longterm social media campaign for the March 2020 Festival over Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook to publicise the 2020 Festival. - Created sub-initiatives within the campaign such as "Watersprite History" and "What Is Watersprite" to boost awareness of the festival as a whole. - Collaborated with others in the Communications Team and Design Team in order to maintain a cohesive image across all social media platforms and communications such as mailing lists and print media. - Assisted and live tweeted events across the festival weekend, acting as front of house and tech runner.
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Skills
  • Proofreading
  • Exhibitions
  • Academic Research
Education
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    Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.) in Film & Screen StudiesUniversity of Cambridge
     - Cambridge, United Kingdom
    - Thesis (15000 words): "'Wholeness' and the Feminised Humanoid in Non-Cinematic Contemporary Animation" - Additional works (4500 words each): “Don’t Look so Koi: How Haptic Visuality Dismantles the Erotic and Commodity Fetish in Matthew Weinstein’s É Lobro (2015)”; “The Intersection of Form and Verticality in the Film Installation of Pipilotti Rist”; “Frozen in time: Juno Calypso’s A Girl’s Guide to Egg Freezing (2017) and static temporality in pregnancy”
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    History of Art BA - First Class HonoursUniversity of Cambridge
     - Cambridge, United Kingdom
    - Thesis (9000 words): "From Lust to Fascination to Shame: An Analysis of Gazes and their conflicts in Susan Meiselas' Carnival Strippers" - Focus: Surrealism, Post 1960s visual art, 18th-19th Century British Architecture - Recipient of Jack Gossage prize for distinguished performance in final year examinations and of the 1912 Honorary Scholarship
Awards
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    Jack Gossage Prize for Distinguished Performance in Final Year ExaminationsUniversity of Cambridge