Video Storyboard
Description :
We decided to use a big black box to place our insatallation inside. This way we can get a public response, the audience is involved, taking part in the installation project. The box presents a mysterious and almost mystical attraction when placed in the city, it is unsual and instigate curiosity. Therefore, it is reminescent of the ceremonies in the polytheists cults where all the believers take part in mysterious rituals.
Thoughts :
Neoprene is mainly used for scubbadiving equipments, however it is highly dangerous for the environnement as it is derivated from petrol. I thought that was a interesting paradoxe, to enjoy the proximity of nature, we humans damage it constantly. That made me think of the Global warming that is threatening the ecosystems of earth and ultimately human life on the planet. We are not offering good things to the planet we were born onto...
Description :
Plaque dite des Ergastines : fragment de la frise est du Parthénon Entre 445 et 438 avant J.-C. Trouvée au pied du Parthénon, sur l'Acropole d'Athènes.
Description :
- Object: Woven textile Place of origin: Japan (made) Date: 1993 (made) Artist/Maker: Sudo, Reiko
- (designer) NUNO Corporation (manufacturer) Materials and Techniques: Heat treated vinyl polychloride polyester Gallery location: In Storage
Description :
The patterns in this Kimono are reminiscent from the ones worn by the sun Kami in traditional representations.
Where we are heading towards :
After researching Neoprene aswell as other petrol derivated plastics and textiles we focused on their detrimentality for the environment, we decided to use video art and intallation to express our thoughts on the subject. This installation would show different form of video art all linking towards the same message. One of the video would show the offering of a neoprene package to the Earth as a representation of the soul/spirit/god of nature. The act of offering would symbolized metaphorically the impact of humans on nature. Because after the human civilization goes extinct, plastic will be the only thing left of us. It is therefore both cynical and paradoxal because the "offering" humans are giving to Nature is what will destroy them ultimately as the making of neoprene and other plastics is causing pollution and global warming damaging the Earth and leadind to the extinction of humanity. We decided to look more into installation and its different forms to see how we could present the videos.
Thoughts :
Plastic is similar to neoprene as it is also made from petrol. This is the plastic Island in the middle of the pacific ocean twice the size of France, it is insane plus plastic takes hundreds of years to disapear... Surely that is not a way to thank Earth or Nature in any way but rather show the negative influence of humans on the planet. There is surely someway to express this idea and explore it more deeply.