Ming I Darkening of The Light – Nazare Soares
DESCRIPCIÓN: Ming I Darkening of the Light is a stereoscopic film installation inspired by a precinematic stereoscopic display. It employs different techniques to create an illusion of depth. Building a 3D stereoscopic installation inspired by its early form has driven my research into the history of technological progression from its stereoscopic illusion roots. The installation creates a dialogue between history of the 3D displayed and modes of visual record.The stereo soundscape has been created in collaboration with sound artists Laila Hansen and Andrew StuartButtle. With this installation I attempt to break through the disembodiment generated by the Kaiserpanorama , allowing the observer to experience depth in different ways. I have used Film, tape and digital apparatus during the process and have looked to the history of technological advances to create a physiological and neurological cinematic experience; the ‘Dream–machine’. The character is inspired by Amaterasu, Japanese mythology refers to her as the sun goddess. My research has been driven from an attempt to represent an overmythologised character, Himiko an ancient Japanese shaman queen who ruled Japan during the 3rd century. Her presence functions as an allegory of embodiment of memory, this has inspired the narrative development from an allegorical approach. Her mythical nature stems from the fact that there is no record of her existence in Japanese historical texts, whereas Chinese and Korean texts make reference to her. Her case is one of the most controversial in archaeology. In 2002 her tomb was believed to have been found and only very recently the remains of her palace have been discovered, near Nara. Her case is an example of how a mythological figure becomes real from discovered remnants. The film functions as an oracle; this idea is taken from early Japanese religious practices and its connection to ancient Chinese philosophies. The film is named after one of the hexagrams from the I Ching, the ancient book of change, an oracle in Taoist philosophies.
- IDIOMA ORIGINAL: Sin diálogos
- IDIOMA DE SUBTÍTULOS: ninguno
- AÑO DE PRODUCCIÓN: 2014
- PAÍS DE PRODUCCIÓN: UK
- Dirección: Nazare Soares
- DURACIÓN:
Nazare Soares was born in Madrid in 1981. She has a degree in Moving Image Arts from the University of Brighton. Her art practice is from a photography background, however in the last four years she has expanded her investigation to moving image arts. Her work has been exhibited in numerous art centers and festivals in UK and Spain, such as Brighton Museum and Art Gallery, Latitude Festival, Cinecity Film Festival, Fort Process Sound Art Festival or Brighton Photo Fringe among others. Her background in photography informs her image making and cinematography with an acute attention to detail and composition. She produces body of work that engages with the archive and story telling through a very subjective relationship to her material. Visibility of women is often central to her work where she experiments with new forms of representation to portray her characters.