"What is extraordinary about it is not its transmission of reality but its creation of a new mechanical image of reality. If we simply wanted to see reality, it is all around us, but seeing a film presents us with a strange apparition, a photochemical imprint of the world...The resulting image does not so much transcend reality as produce an alien perception of reality, sensitive to unknown qualities. The surrealism of the film image lies precisely in making us aware of a reality beyond out knowledge."
(The Body in Film, 17)
For my final project I will create a photo installation that is interactive and explores the statement above. By presenting photos of familiar faces, bodies and objects as well as video footage of dancers moving through space I want to investigate what they represent to the audience and onlooker. What do these images mean? Are they seen as reality? A representation? Does the image content dictate the on-lookers response to whether they see the photo as reality?
I will find a space that is fairly neutral so that I can display photos and projections where the audience can move in close proximity with them. I would also like to ask some of the dancers who are seen in the film to then dance as a live experience juxtapose with the film footage. What are the differences? What makes them similar? I will also leave paper and pencils near the photos and have questions for the audience to respond to.
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