Dreal
Montage sequence / 1’43”
Madeleine CHAN 陳綺雯
Student of SM2105 Narrative Strategies and Aesthetics of Time-based Media
Abstract
This is a story compelled by imagination — what do we do when time becomes an exorbitant luxury? I hope to transport viewers into wondering what is going on in the story and the possibilities of stretching the ways to construct reality. I have adopted minimalism in the work, to construct a story with maximized simplicity.
I invite the audience to dream, to take time to stare off, to let time slip away, to enjoy what beauty time brings us. Is it joy or suffering? Is it something to celebrate? Or is it… Along with the process of viewing the video, the story allows them to have a change of perspective and a refreshed view of the spatial dimension of reality — perhaps not only reality that is objectively reflected but also the viewer’s reality. The work’s syuzhet premises on exploring what is potential rather than making a perfect copy of the world. It questions whether there is one stable fabula Is there a “correct” order of the scenes that make up the work? Well, that entirely depends on the viewer.
