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Chameleon

In making this video I was inspired by the language in McLuhan's quote "We look at the present through a rear-view mirror. We march backwards into the future". Somewhat ignoring the meaning behind the quote, the notion of simultaneous forward and backwardness led me to want to use a split screen yet still give my piece the connected feeling of being in the same space and time. Despite this, the appearance of both sides of the screen being concurrent creates an environment where time has folded over on itself to create a unique depiction of this space. I chose the imagery of the path because of the ambiguity of which way is forward. I tried to keep the fence in the right side of the split screen and the forest on the left because of the quality I felt each subject lent to the feeling of setting. The trees have a timeless quality to them while the fence feels more rooted in the present.




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  1. NoSeptember 26, 2018 at 10:32 PM

    This video is really cool, I like your representation of time and space.

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