This project consists of two distinct videos. The first video documents a phenomenon I witnessed in the micro-world of insects: a bee devouring a dragonfly’s interior. Observing this transaction, I was aware of a sense of dread. Working with this emotion, I deconstructed the video into small molecules. I edited the material simply, by using still images in a chronological order: between the still image sequences is 'a pause' with a color sequence. The color sequence is different in each pause, and changes to correspond with the color palette of the still image. This emphasizes the activity of the eye as something beyond that of the organ of sight.
The second video has a similar visual concept as the first, using sequences of colors combined with narration. The video is a story of violence, and how violence and manipulative forces are camouflaged. The construction is built on the fragments from the story How I became one of Invisible by David Rattray, a guide on how to go to the desert and achieve enlightenment. The story is interlaced with a short news item from the BBC about the rescue of a rat stuck in a manhole. The images are not clear--they are mainly close shots of nature--and again, the rhythm of colors appearing at regular intervals is maintained, with the images overlapping in a strange spasm.  I don’t propose to achieve catharsis through art (Brecht’s theater), but rather, to stimulate the audience into wakefulness, to provoke and to take action (Artaud's theatre).