Multi-Channel Animation (2016)
Katakana is my Senior Thesis Project, a continuation of my previous project "性交_性別_房事". In the Japanese language there are three writing systems.
Hiragana(ひらがな): Used for Japanese Words
Katakana(カタカナ): English Words
and Kanji(漢字): Symbols derived from Chinese hanzi.
"性交_性別_房事" was an example of Kanji. This project sought to break down the Katakana writing system using a similar method, by utlizing a collage of objects, video and sound. Unlike "性交_性別_房事" katakana are not symbols, they are sounds that construct a word. Therefore the objects were not chosen based on a symbol but rather based on aestetic, form, and their relationship to other objects they were working with. Ultimatley the letters can be rearranged into different words, leaving countless possiblities for interpertation, relating to the experience one encounters when attempting to decode a language. When displaying the animations in a gallery setting, I chose to do so by placing them alongside eachother on multiple channels. By doing this I was able to create different words with the charaters, while also changing the context of the objects constructing them.
性交_性別_房事
Animation, 1:15 (2015)
An exploration of stroke order used to write Japanese Kanji/Chinese Hanzi, for symbols associated with sex, gender and love Making. Each object relates to the symbol's meaning, and is illustrated through the specific stroke order given to the symbol
