Arachne

"Arachne" (video) is accompanied by "Love Letters" (photographs) to create an installation of intense, yet quiet reflections of amorphous imagery and expressive narratives. "Arachne" is a short stop-motion animated film that merges thousands of digital images. "Arachne" speaks of the liminal, transcendental qualities of story-telling by way of penetrating memory and the subconscious mind. In my film and photographs, I explore personal recollections, experiences and rites of passage along with ancient lore and folktales translated through allegory and metaphor. "Arachne" invites the viewer into the bizarre journey of this self discovery and transformation using objects laden with meaning such as skulls, beetles, and flower petals, concluding with a violent act that is simultaneously unsettling and poetic. "Arachne", the spinner of tales, a universal symbol of knowledge, of the maternal, feminine nature of human existence, demonstrates for us her vulnerabilities as well as her strengths. Indoctrinating us to the importance of temptations, and the fragility of the body.