So here I am, an amalgamation of notes, sketches, feelings, and energy bound by time. I’m sure there’s blood, fast food, and oat milk mixed in but those components feel less relevant.
It’s exciting to be further along on this series than I was several months ago, though as I scan in old notes and more current sketches and finds I’m caught bouncing back between reshooting some of my photographs out of a desire to experiment with digital rather than film and pushing forward shooting video in small chunks at a time.
I’ve had my narrative for NIGHTMARE PROPAGANDA for some time, my characters and their designs for even longer, and when I think of what's next I find myself focused on presentation and delivery. I’ve spent a lot of time drawing, experimenting with animation, making music, and writing poems in the spirit of the characters I’m sharing headspace with and the process has left me tired some days but mostly full of anticipation for what feels like a family reunion of sorts. I was told recently that embodying the figures in this series gives my nightmares power- still digesting that thought. Thinking it’s time to really put my mad scientist hat on and experiment with how the installation will function with photo and video at it’s center.
-Marcelese
