forest
Video, Print30 minute duration
Inspiration & Concept: The Forest series is an immersive collaboration between the natural world and digital chaos. The work is inspired by the simple act of walking through the woods, now transformed into an ephemeral and contorted non-linear space. The viewer is meant to enter the video piece at any time, becoming an observer amid calm and jarring visuals and audio.
Process & Technique: This digitally manipulated piece was created using a precise and challenging process of digital manipulation. An extended thirty minute video of a forest walk serves as a challenge to manually corrupt the video and audio together. The difficulty in controlling the breakdown without completely destroying the source material is comparative to balancing the moments of a calm continuous narrative, being interjected with jarring and unsettling glitched sequences. The artist's capability in this medium requires deliberate control within a chaotic process.
Message & Meaning: nature vs. noise, witnessing change, delight vs. alarm, journey's peace and chaos