The Essence of Time
''The Essence Of Time'' is a new local-national/international virtual engagement multi-art digital exchange project exploring how we perceive space in time/specifically nature as differently abled people. The ‘Essence of Time’ takes inspiration from our outdoor lived environment, be that urban or rural. It reconnects us as a creative to the natural world and to the way we have interfered and greedily exploited the gifts of nature.
Time in Nature or Nature in Time
15 artists have come together to make brand new pieces which will be displayed here weekly on Fridays starting February 19, 2021.
Essence of Time Artists
Collaborations
Essence I
Soobie and Philip
This uses most of Soobie's movement, I have cut it to fit the music and added some touches back and forth. I think that this is a very clear reflection on the 'nature of time' with all the nature elements...leaves, trees etc. I used a cartoon effect because it really brings out the amazing colour of the leaves. Also, Soobie's movements remind of a fairytale in some ways and I think the comic/cartoon effect accentuates that too.
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Soobie Whitfield & Philip Roderick
Essence II
Ozan and Lila
Ozan named his contribution 'Childhood' and the film feels to me very much like a memory. To bring that out, I left his sound design and black and white photography in place, but broke the film up into pieces. These pieces are placed around the screen and each time a new piece is added the previous clips fade into its place, until the screen is covered.
Ozan added some light piano music to his sound design, but I felt it needed something more. I liked Lila's track a lot, it helps to add another layer of depth. This reminds me a little of Thomas' film which also had a 'memory' theme.
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Ozan Gökmen & Angelina Schwammerlin
Essence III
Ashley and Mike
I was thinking about the space Ashley is moving in. It's a tourist spot and a place where many people take photos and videos every day. I wanted to play with this idea by presenting the piece as a strip of film, as though we are looking through someone's old footage.
To bring out the movement a little more I used an effect that shapes the light around objects. In this case as Ashley is surrounded by light from the city below, this helps her image to pop out with an ethereal quality.
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Ashley Antonia Lopez & Mike Waston
Essence IV
Yellow Styles and Viviana
I kept the structure of the original video and inserted the progress of Viviana's picture throughout, also using it to cover the sections of the video that didn't match. It's very different from the other pieces, so to tie it together I used a similar technique to Soobie's video, but with a strong yellow colour.
The captions have been added over the top so that they are strong and yellow, but we can still see the images behind. These captions look like a warning and I think that fits with the style of the delivery.
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Stylez and Viviana F. Molinares
Essence V
Pierre, Anita, Isolte and David
I was trying to focus on contrast by placing things in a certain way. The land and the sea. Isolte's movement and David's stillness. Sign language and singing. Sometimes these things come together (like the hands) and sometimes they are apart. I did the same thing with the colours, which cycle in contrast through the whole spectrum. I did the same thing with the shadows, David appears in the sunlight and also inside Pierre's shadow.
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Isolte David Pierre Anita Redux
♫...What it means to be by the sea...and you know what it means...and you know x4...lah, lah, lah...♫
Essence VI
Ruth, Lila and Freddie
Using Freddie as the outline of an observer, I've played with the presentation of Ruth's work, highlighting the shape and words inside it. As the music continues I've introduced a kaleidoscope effect for the artwork and bold colours within the shape of Freddie's observer. It's interesting that he's dressed as a judge here. It feels as though his role is to judge the work, but the words start judging him.
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Ruth Freddie Lila
♫..My heart beats
In the rhythm of the open space
Thousand fragments through an unspoken word
Ancient colours into my asking lips
Jiggle shaded inside
The patterns fall
With your glance you change the world
The city under the tree sketches our way
Tropical holiday tropical holiday
Tropical holiday x2..♫
Essence VII
Peter and Kalkalata Soundz
I discovered an effect where I can layer footage to create a sort of x-ray with different colours. These colours almost remind me of Basquiat and some other artists.
Adding Rupert's work over Peter's footage worked very nicely and I used the new effect with the clock animation and the drips/barcode painting to make the colours pop. I then added the lyrics with the same effect again.
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Peter and Rupert (Kalkalata Soundz)
♫...Can't you see? That I am running out of time. Time is a constant...♫
Essence VIII
Richard and Rob
I was thinking about the passage of time during the past 12 months. I was thinking about the seemingly endless tasks that play out on a loop, such as cooking, cleaning, washing. Especially when we can't leave the house for long stretches of time. These activities can feel consuming. In the video my image is slowly consumed by purple shampoo. The lighting, theme and setting fit within the same world as my first piece. Richard Pollock then greatly added to the atmosphere with his composition, really bringing out the feeling of the piece. It's uneasy and a little haunting.
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