God was a horizon once.
We keep trying to screw Him into the porch ceiling.]]> The narrative follows Chloe as she confronts her desires within a romantic situationship with Anna. Faced with her attraction and fear of intimacy, Chloe must navigate the tension between repression and longing. Her “zombie” operates as an impulsive embodiment of desire; this symbol is built on the preexisting image of the undead in horror media as impulsive. Here, that horror is internalized. The “monster” symbolizes suppressed queerness, visualized through Chloe’s “zombie arm”. First, it's an experience to fear, however as the zombification progresses Chloe gradually understands and accepts this inevitable part of herself.
With this film I wanted to emphasize movement, rhythm and sensory disruption. The Dance sequences externalize Chloe’s desires, translating emotional and sexual tension into physical expression. However, through manipulating the frame rate and strobe lighting, I hope to create fiction between the static and accelerated images, reflecting her instability. Sound design further shapes the transformation with distorted, slowed ambience blended along fluctuating breathing to evoke intimacy and bodily change. ]]> The project centered around replicating a memory through stop-motion. At the time, I was
missing home, particularly my room, which prompted me to consider how the space had evolved
up until I left for college. I wanted the film to reflect the childhood association I have with my
room, so I aimed at using materials that reflect childhood nostalgia for me: dollhouse furniture,
paper dolls, stickers, colorful and patterned craft supplies. I wanted to portray my room as more
than just the space that sheltered me growing up and more like a being on its own that reflected
different chapters of my childhood and a place for creative expression. For a lot of us our
bedrooms were the only places that were truly ours. In a lot of ways, it mimics the ebbs and
flows of life. The colors change, furniture shifts around, some things leave, and some things stay
the whole time, leading up to the point we eventually leave that vessel behind. Though this was
originally just created for a class, it quickly meant much more to me. My hope for the audience is
that they can reflect on their own sacred spaces as children, think about how it changed with
them, and how it helped shape them into the people they are today.]]>