Because Of Us, 2017
Synopsis
Over digitally altered found footage sourced from the industrial revolution era and animated skyscapes, a mystical voice guides us through a near-death experience. She begins by describing the experience as a sensation of viewing, similar to watching a movie. Through this format, the video explores the parallels, divergences, and interdependency of labor - capital, consumption, excess, ownership - and cosmology - stars, planets, networks, connections. It suggests that both are alchemical and that the nature of industry, progress and technology, are themselves icons for worship.
Total Run Time: 4:40
Color/Stereo, 16:9, Found Footage, Animation
Experimental/Animation
Over digitally altered found footage sourced from the industrial revolution era and animated skyscapes, a mystical voice guides us through a near-death experience. She begins by describing the experience as a sensation of viewing, similar to watching a movie. Through this format, the video explores the parallels, divergences, and interdependency of labor - capital, consumption, excess, ownership - and cosmology - stars, planets, networks, connections. It suggests that both are alchemical and that the nature of industry, progress and technology, are themselves icons for worship.
Total Run Time: 4:40
Color/Stereo, 16:9, Found Footage, Animation
Experimental/Animation
Previous Screenings
Altered Aesthetics, The Southern Theater, Minneapolis, MN
the dark holes of your eyes are turned toward the horizon, Centre[3], Hamilton, ON, Canada
