What
happens when cultures collide? In digital space you can be what you want to
be, do what
you want to do. In our
class we were given the opportunity to represent ourselves in whatever
form. I chose to experiment with film. I used super 8 film to create interpretive
narratives.
Take a look for yourself and visit the links!
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"Cat
View"
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"powerlines"
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"Orange
Print"
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"Cat
View"
With this piece I wanted to create a narrative about the mind of a cat. I
used what looks to me to be a neutral expression and cut it with cat-like
shots. I chose to personify the cat with animation, the purpose of which was
to give the cat human emotions with symbols that represent certain feelings.
i.e. a target, a demon, a star. It was my first piece and also my first time
working with film, so cut me some slack.
"powerlines"
The theme of this piece is ubiquity. I wanted to expose something that our
society accepts as a natural phenomena, like trees (hint, hint, pay attention
to the last shot) For the soundtrack I used a faint beeping sound. I used
this beep because in the neighborhood were I grew up there was a faint beeping
sound from one of the power stations nearby--and we all learned to ignore
it, or perhaps accept it was white noise.
"Orange Print"
I
wanted to stick cut up newspaper on 16mm film. I have been studying and writing
"random" poetry, inspired by William S. Burroughs. Unfortunately,
getting a projector to screen my film became an issue, so I decided to shoot
newsprint. I taped pages of paper to a light board, so I could get the image
of the words on the back. When I got it back from the lab it was orange. I'm
not sure what made it this color but it looks good, ominous I think. Watch
my animation of the film I worked on.
Links:
Online Journal
Avatars and Virtual Worlds
Roy Bell/Coast To Coast
Electronic Voice Phenomena
Linux
Revolution