The Whole is Greater Than The Sum of Its Parts
About Project:
The Whole is Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts explores accessibility, memory, and experimental filmmaking as a tool for accessing the inner self. In the Fall of 2019, while traveling across the United States, I taught camera-less film workshops in which I asked participants to express their “inner self” on a strip of 16mm film. These “visual autobiographies” are a synthesis of expression and memory in an abstract form. To capture my own inner, I documented the journey on super 8 film, and drew animations of the landscapes that drifted by me during my travels. My footage is stitched together with the collected consciousness of the many people that I met in these workshops; my memories in conversation with theirs. Each person’s contribution calls to mind one of my own memories, which relates back to the collective memory of the universe. I ask, while experiencing this work, that you think about your own inner thoughts and recollections, how they affect you, how they are both personal and private, and how they might affect the memories of others around you. Our memory is a collective memory; we are much greater as a whole then as parts alone.
Continued Workshop:
My hope is to continue to share the knowledge of expression for as long as those of you want to engage with this project. I have complied a three page book that discusses what film is, what camera-less film is, and how to make it at home. If you are interested in being a part of this ongoing project, please email me, and I will send you a strip of film, and would be happy to set up any virtual workshops for those who are interested!