DOI
https://doi.org/10.25772/CNEG-X604
Defense Date
2021
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts
Department
Photography and Film
First Advisor
Mary Beth Reed
Second Advisor
Justin James Reed
Third Advisor
Paul Thulin-Jimenez
Fourth Advisor
Stephen Vitiello
Abstract
The impetus for making films that conjure up atemporal, interconnected spaces suggestive of a unique reality has been influenced in large part by Michel Foucault’s idea of heterotopia, or the creation of a new world by joining together discursive spaces. As such, my practice begins with the collection and re-imagination of these discursive spaces through a combination of an in-depth exploration of little-known landscapes and the organic observation of the natural realm in relation to the human world. By combining various mixed media including digital, film print, as well as re-purposed archival footage, I alter the filmic quality of the images I have captured and researched to lend them a sense of other worldliness. Concurrently, I create a soundscape, composed of multi-layered field recordings and archival sounds, which are at once harmonious and reminiscent of nature, yet have a cacophonic and almost hyperreal quality. The result of the combination of image and sound is the manifestation of a reality that speaks to the relationship between humanity and the natural world.
Rights
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Is Part Of
VCU Theses and Dissertations
Date of Submission
5-1-2021