unnatural disasters (2021)

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unnatural disasters is a found footage experiment inspired by constructivist theory as it relates to the natural/unnatural binary.

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"Unnatural disaster" is oxymoronic at face value, invoking a cognitive dissonance based on the value we've assigned to "natural" things. These associations are positive and warm, yet once nature acts in ways humanity deems anti-human or against us, we quickly label them "unnatural". 

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This project uses found footage of unnatural disasters caught on tape - ranging from forest wildfires to avalanches - and imbued them with noise and distortion until they resembled a digital glitch.

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The sound design uses elements from nature: birds chirping, wind blowing, waves crashing, and fire crackling to emphasize the inseparable naturality of these events.  

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Complete video: https://vimeo.com/516370475