fuRy
there is no desire in my bones to sit and edit in front of a screen. my raw footage keeps piling up and i keep finding my fingers entangled in branches and silk, weaving cocoons and dreaming of hoop skirts, moss corsets and 16 mm film projected across them. my intention to animate keeps being persuaded to stitch dresses instead. spring always inspires work with fiber arts and this year is no exception. ( on an delightful note i just found out that the Oregon college of arts and crafts, beginning this fall will offer an M.F.A. program in fiber studies and this inspires smiles and future possibilities.) this projects progress has left me contemplating the connection between flickering image (light) and our concept of a screen. must a screen be static? must an image be moving? generally the intent seems to be to allow the image to be seen and the screen to be the vessel that allows sight. but what if the point was to see the screen and not the specific image at all? i feel a bit lost to cohesion as of late. however, i have spoken with several dancers who are willing to model and lend their sense of motion to the fashion show so i am confident that the live portion of this project is well on its way.