Blind

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For my video art performance piece I chose to tackle a subject that bothers me as an American. A large majority of Americans are so wrapped up in superficial things that They seem to be blind or asleep to the real important issues that happen in the world. I chose to intermix scenes of social issues that I believe in with footage of myself holding Up words such as, “blind, asleep, heedless, unaware, etc. I chose to film the footage of myself In a long hallway in the basement of my father’s house to give it an “interrogation” or minimalistic feel to it. I also chose to film the footage on my Macbook using the Photo Booth Application to give it a somewhat voyeuristic approach to viewing, like a webcam does. . I also chose to wear a mask in the footage to show the way that most people wear masks to shield themselves from the real world. When people get so masked in their own world they tend to forget the more important issues going on outside their own realm. I used the invert and extract filter effects to give more moodiness to the piece. I feel these effects added more emotion and seriousness to the piece as well. Overall, my message I was trying to get across was that as Americans we need to wake up and deal with the more important issues that are plaguing our society.