Untitled II

So, this next video in the series was supposed relate the "man made" landscape and the "natural" landscape. To me both are natural as everything comes out of nature, but it's not always seen that way. I tried to convey this in the form of a city skyline that continually emerges out of and back into natural elements. At one point in the middle of the video I reference the pattern of snake skin/scales. Here I was trying to make a connection with the natural order in the pattern with the organic pattern in cracked concrete that is super imposed over the scales. Also the snake has always been a symbol of power, danger and potentially healing. All of those things are true also of modern day society and modern technology.

After seeing this in critique I notice many areas that needed to be reworked, it was definitely not a point where I'd want to display for Luminaria. It will be revised and hopefully get to where I want it.

Sorry again everyone that I won't be around for the show, I know it'll be an awesome event and I wish I could see everyones work in it. Hmmm, maybe someone can document?

Untitled I

So after letting the concept I wanted to work with float around in my head for a while longer I managed to narrow it down some. I decided that what I was really trying to get at through this series was about the "naturalness" of Man. The destructive effects to the environment that we become more and more aware of in society kind of only come about as our technology to study such things becomes better. I think technological advancement is a natural part of our evolution. Another tool leading us to some higher awareness, of what nobody knows but in the end just a tool.

This first movie in the series was just kind of connecting the physical body to other elements in the natural world. Life, biologically, starts from just a cell and begins to grow more and more complex until you get a human being, a super complex form built of billions of cells. I don't think this is news to anybody now a days but I'm always kind of dumbfounded how widely this fact is only slightly accepted. I find it pretty ridiculous that today in the 21st century there is still a debate of whether evolution should be taught in biology classes. Today's concept of evolution is founded on observable phenomena in biology, no theories are accepted as scientific fact only recorded results through observation. Anyway, I digress, I just attempted to convey this in a creative way.