For Fashion Media Lab, I was thinking of creating something related to my research and final project. I wanted to treat this unit as a practice or trial and error ground before making the final product next year. But honestly, I’ve been stuck on what to make for the MA final project so I decided to do something different.
At first, I wanted to apply the stereoscopic technic and make (as I discussed with Vicky before) a visual narrative of photographic setups with high styling. I love fairy tales and fantasy characters, especially about deities. I have this one idea that hasn’t been executed since a year ago: a series of triplets Gods photography.
Reference:
Rosalia’s El Mal Querer Album Animation Cover
Filip Custic (2018)
Sergei Parajanov (1986)
If turned into a film, the work would be a more photographic movie without dialogue like this.
The idea is to have the three in each set design with a different colour palette. The colour was chosen to further emphasize the mood of each deity’s existence. The Moirai will be white since it represents life, which is pure, sincere and innocent. As it signifies passion, strength and desire, red is chosen for the Erinyes. Black will be the Oneiroi’s colour for it represents mysterious, authority and fear.
After the first tutorial, I was doing further research about the three pairs and discovered that The Moirai actually have agents. When Atropos decide how an individual die, it will notify a certain agent to do the job. A cruel and violent death means The Keres, blood-thirst spirits, will do the job. Peaceful or nonviolent death will require Thanatos, a God of death that will guide the soul to the underworld. I found the story more intriguing than the Erinyes and thinking of changing them into Keres. So the story would be around life/death or conscious/unconscious–and they’re all the children of Nyx, the Goddess of night.
But the deeper I dig into the stories, the more I become confused about how to change this idea into a film. Especially when I created this idea, the output that I thought of are still images. That is why I decided to ditch this idea and try to find another one that is similar and more doable.
While thinking about this, I can’t help but feel a sense of panic. I couldn’t sleep, thinking that I wouldn’t make it this unit. Then I remember my own experience. On the first weeks in London, I had nightmares. Sometimes the story continues from one dream to another. The feeling of not doing good enough, overwhelmed, being chased, pressured, and rushed all together haunted me. I think the occurrence can be a good starting point. I will explore the idea more for the concept and output.