Series of animations created from self-prompts during the course of the pandemic.
Layered magic lantern projections with animated kaleidoscope slide. Original composition.
Emotion Path
Transform prompt
Meramec Caverns
mixed soundscape recording/weave animation loop/transparent water video layer (original video)
Rise prompt
Analog Animation and Performance
Performers create motion vignettes based on archival texts that document early arctic exploration. The spotlight in these scenes is cast by a slide-less magic lantern, in which a projectionist is turning on and off the spotlight to reveal each live-action tableaux.
In this particular text, The Search For a Northwest Passage; The Voyages of Captain William Parry" crew members created a shipboard theater in which crew members performed monthly shows utilizing a magic lantern, sets, and costumes while stuck in sea ice for nearly 9 months. This piece is part of a longer series of work that explores narrative, land, and climate change around the search for the fabled Northwest Passage.
Motion based studies: Actors embody melting ice.