Workshop- Hybrid (13/12/16)
Hybrid
‘Appropriate, Borrow, Steal. Liberate,
Remake’
Screening in workshop;
-‘The History of the future’- Reynold
Reynolds (1996) Re working of many fiction films depicting the future. Specific
focus on technology and the apocalypse, themes of humanitarian destruction.
Relevance to own work, future and conception of progression. Media (films)
perception of progression ultimately leading to progression. Arguably a self-fulfilling
prophecy within society. Humanities obsession with the end of the world is
ironic due to the lack of effort and will to alter current forecast.
To develop my own hybrid work I combined
many sources to appropriate a poem that reads over an industrial scene. The
mechanically generated voice mimics modern obsession with technology. The
subject of each line is in direct relevance to either climate issues or
classical literature (often with undertones). Such as the tempest extract, the colonialization
by the British empire was due to the abilities gained through the coal
revolution.
The decision to not heavily edit the
work was a conscious one. The archive footage used, although not self-filmed,
fitted well with the theatrical rooting of my piece. The destruction within the
footage metaphorically embodies corporate power and overriding of the basic
natural needs of our planet and economical system. The heavily industrialized footage therefore juxtaposes
certain aspects of the poem yet emphasizes others.
‘art as the gradual re-shuffling of a
basic set of cultural terms through their strategic re-use eventual
transformation’[1]
This evaluation of art is very true for
this specific hybrid poetic work. The movement of cultural involvement,
however, is needed due to the lack of intake when originally released. Appropriation, however, is a vital aspect to
be cautious of due to the sensitive historical rooting. Forcing modernity and specifically
art upon many historical aspects is not respectful to their deep rooting’s,
which were often traumatic. Therefore, within my work when referring to colonialization,
I am careful to link the theme back to British industrial involvement in
allowing such to happen.
‘the gap that separates production and
consumption narrows each day’[2]
The fact consumerism grows daily and
the independence of each consumer also growing. The lack of separating between
people becomes an issue Due to the fact we could possibly be moving into a new
age of; ‘super-individualistic’ mentality.
Poetry
produced from multiple sources for audio; overlaid onto industrial archive footage.
Re-Writing
History
1.
I wandered lonely as a cloud
2. Securing
limited agreements but at establishing peace and harmony in life-among all
races and with Nature
3. Coal
is the black ink
4. Capitalism
is written
5. You taught me language, and my profit on 't Is I know how to curse
6.
changing
in ways that will have profound impacts on all of humankind.
7.
Conscious
of his responsibility
8.
Less time than it takes to say it, less tears than it takes to
die; I've taken account of everything
References-
1- William
Wordsworth- I wandered lonely as a cloud (classical poetry)
2- Indira
Gandhi’s speech at the Stockholm conference in 1972 (irony as we have seen the
problem approaching)
3- Naomi Klein-
‘This changes everything’ (climate and capitalism historically)
4- Naomi Klein-
‘This changes everything’ (climate and capitalism)
5- The
Tempest- William Shakespeare (colonial issues of the coal age)
6- Obama’s
climate change speech (ironic input)
7- Indira
Gandhi’s speech at the Stockholm conference in 1972 (irony as we have seen the
problem approaching)
8- Andre
Breton- less time (surrealism)
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