Landscapes for Gathering

This was a collective exercise. The class was divided into groups of 4 participants, each of whom gathered footage to be uploaded and collectively used by all. They were then encouraged to film given a set of aesthetic constraints, in the cities or towns that they are in.

This was a collective exercise. The class was divided into groups of 4 participants, each of whom gathered footage to be uploaded and collectively used by all. They were then encouraged to film given a set of aesthetic constraints, in the cities or towns that they are in.

‘Found footage’ was explored here as an element that allowed for shifts in meaning, for archival impetuses and truth claims.

Some of the things that participants were asked to consider were to work from uncertainty, to allow the world in, to identify what we are drawn to and how to infuse it with our thoughts, our love, our fears, our tenuousness?

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