States of Being is a series of five layered, translucent video panels that address metaphors of human experience though juxtapositions of natural images. They reference the human condition both visually and metaphorically.
Probing, Searching, Revealing, Persevering, and Desiring are all conditions we find ourselves in.
These fragmented images appear almost “holographic” and three dimensional as they engage the conflict between vision and sight. Degrees of focus, contrast and movement alternate and change with the viewers position.
This experiment in depth perception is yet another in a long history of filmmakers seeking at three-dimensional experience. From early stereography to laser holography, representing physical space has been elusive. The imperfections of these experiments have a charming visual vocabulary of their own. Rather than fully expecting realism, we found that it is far more interesting to embrace the visual oddities of these translucent images rubbing against each other and to celebrate the resultant imagery as a sort of “magic realism”.
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Probing, Searching, Revealing, Persevering, and Desiring are all conditions we find ourselves in.
These fragmented images appear almost “holographic” and three dimensional as they engage the conflict between vision and sight. Degrees of focus, contrast and movement alternate and change with the viewers position.
This experiment in depth perception is yet another in a long history of filmmakers seeking at three-dimensional experience. From early stereography to laser holography, representing physical space has been elusive. The imperfections of these experiments have a charming visual vocabulary of their own. Rather than fully expecting realism, we found that it is far more interesting to embrace the visual oddities of these translucent images rubbing against each other and to celebrate the resultant imagery as a sort of “magic realism”.
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