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A View from Mt. Fuji by Irving Abreu is a deconstruction of Katsushika Hokusai's, "The Great Wave at Kanagawa (from a Series of Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji)." The artist creates a story that reflects the power expressed in this seminal work of art through merging the painting's original look with a three-dimensional environment.
Long Nights by Elizabeth Morchel "… was created due to an overwhelming feeling of responsibility. I feel a connection to the dark lonely road and the uncertainty as to what's around the next bend."
The Untitled Fear Project by Charles Hunter "Using sights and sounds, I would like the viewer to feel unsettled and uncomfortable. Every so often, I get an unexplained feeling of dread. This feeling is sometimes so strong it incapacitates me, almost as if there were shackles around my feet. I want this piece to make the audience feel the way I feel when these attacks occur – as if they were trapped in a moment as unexplained worries fog their minds and judgment."
Human Gentrification by Brenton Goheen is an experimental film that uses body movement to illustrate how the onslaught of media consolidation stifles our society's artistic freedom of expression. Media conglomerates are portrayed as an impenetrable force of nature that overthrows any form of individual resistance. With the assimilation of mass media, a new order of commercialization arises and leaves creative media artists an extinct species.
Self Portrait (excerpt) by Loredana Gasparatto begins with footage from Venezia, Italy, near to where the artist grew up. "… it (Venice) has been a huge influence on how I was raised. Its landscape, peculiarity, and its atmosphere very much shaped the way I look at beauty, romance, and at the passage of time. This footage is in my self-portrait not only to show my background and the place where I spent most of my life, but also to show the contrast with what I longed for since I was a child, which was to live in New York City."
Eiffel by Elizabeth Morchel This piece is an experimental work exploring found footage of the Eiffel Tower. The artist manipulates the lights of the tower to achieve the look of computer graphics or animation. (silent).
Flashflight by Keith Bracker is a short experimental video following a woman's personal journey through the inner landscape of her soul.
Highways (excerpt) by Charles Hunter is an extraordinary journey through New York and New Jersey following the often traveled roadways the artist must navigate to work, to school, to his home, and back again. A cinematic tour de force with original music, the viewer is mesmerized and transported to the parallel universe of the American road trip.
I Am Not by LeShannon Wright is a personal exploration of self. The artist confronts things that she is not, in order to investigate who she really is.
Found Footage Movie by Elizabeth Morchel. This piece is the artist's response to religion in mass media.
The Musings of Hubbub by Christopher Englese is a short film that examines the thin line between madness and sanity as an artist struggles to be creative. A dark, surrealistic comedy, the narrative is expressed through a dense and experimental sound design including urban sounds and calming melodies.