Borderless Visions: Create a Video

Click on the link to visit the Padlet into which you will post your teamwork.

STEP 1: Meeting your Team, 3/13

Form teams of 4 students (2 from Mexico, 2 from the US). Have a Zoom call to introduce yourselves and discuss: What environmental issue concerns you most? (pollution, trash, water waste, climate change, etc.)

DOug Aitken

In a series of vignettes, wild North American migratory animals have been relocated from their natural habitats to inhabit vacant motel rooms.

Find out more: Doug Aitken.

STEP 2: CHoOSe YOUR FOCUS And Format, 3/27

As a team, decide:

Your topic: One specific environmental issue you want to explore
Your format:
- Documentary (facts and real footage)
- Story/Narrative (tell a story with a message)
- Video Art (creative/artistic/experimental)

Jessica Segall

(Un)common Intimacy- This performance was shot in private wildlife reserves in the six states that allow private ownership of large predators. I trained to handle the wildlife in order to embed myself in the ready-made sites, a complex of entertainment and conservation economies.

Find out more: Jessica Segall.

STEP 3: Plan Your Video, 4/3

Create a simple plan together:

What message do you want to share?
What will each person film in their location?
How long will it be? (3-5 minutes)
Who does what? (filming, editing, etc.)

a landscape is

Video piece for the Trash to Art Collaboration by Francisco González.

STEP 4: Film Your Parts, 4/10

Each team member records their footage showing environmental impact in their community. Share your videos through Google Drive or WhatsApp.

Sarah Cameron Sunde

A series of nine site-specific performances and video art works that take place in bodies of water around the world.

Find out more: 36.5 / A Durational Performance with the Sea.

STEP 5: Edit TOGETHER, 4/17

Combine your footage into one video. Meet on Zoom to decide what to include, the order, and if you need music or text. One or two team members can do the technical editing.

Adam Sébire

Video art vignettes from the (almost-)Anthropocene

Find out more: anthropoScenes.

STEP 6: PresenT and Share, 4/23

Present your video to the class (5 minutes) and upload it to Padlet with a short description: What is your video about? How did you work together?

Olafur Eliasson

Ice Watch is a striking art installation made of blocks of glacial ice from Greenland brought to cities (Copenhagen, Paris, London) to highlight climate change.

Find out more: Ice Watch.

deadlines

- Videos are due on April 23rd on Padlet.

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