Olga Nunes is a

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-born performer, pianist, singer and composer based in

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Music career

Olga began writing songs in 2005, after being taught the basics of piano by a Buddhist monk, and began playing with her band in Los Angeles soon after. Her first video of her single "A Dream Of Gardens" was released in 2007, with lyrics by

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. Gaiman also credits Nunes in his crowd-sourcing success. Nunes also collaborated with

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, designing and curating the “'

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“ alternate reality game . In 2009, Olga recorded the xkcd song "Boomdeyada", which she later directed and co-produced as a video with

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, and Cory Doctorow,. In 2010 Olga launched a project for the forthcoming album LAMP, a series of songs with a fictional story woven around them, told in videos and art installations. Olga Nunes, then developed a feature-length a documentary;

Temple of Art ''Temple of Art'' is a documentary film created and directed by Allan Amato and Olga Nunes. The film follows over 50 artists' creative process and philosophies, asking each of them the question, “Why do you make art?”. The artists and musi ...

(with

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). The documentary profiles Grant Morrison, Bill Sienkiewicz,

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and others, each sharing their stories of their creations, influences and philosophies.

Personal life

Olga was born in Montreal, Canada, to Spanish and Brazilian parents. Raised in Florida as a teenager, her first experience with music took the form of musical theatre. Olga is currently living in San Francisco.

Discography

Solo

* ''Lamp'' (2013) * ''Maps For The Open Road'' (2009) with Lyrics by

* ''Last Call'' (2007)

Soundtracks

*2014 - '' The Fallow (film) '' - composer, additional music

Film

* ''

'' (2020) co-creator (with

) Nunes has also released more than a dozen singles and 20 B-sides, and has contributed original material to independent film soundtracks.

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