| Title 1 Description: |
The only way that history can resonate for us as individuals is if we can experience, empathize, or in some way personally “be” in the period we are learning about: we must absorb the atmosphere of the times we’re investigating in order to truly appreciate them.
For several years, I’ve been thinking about exploring history as a subject for my work, but didn’t really have a handle on how to approach it.
The terrible tragedy of September 11th catalyzed this body of work because it gave me that personal reference that is essential to beginning a project that really, in all of its’ scope, is not personal.
I started working on a video called, “Running Through History,” wanting to use myself as a witness, as a sort of voyeur/observer through the passage of time; running through varied scenes that contain meaning for me personally, as well as scenes that are pertinent to our history as a nation, as a people, and finally, as a world.
Part One covers the WTC disaster, the Warsaw Ghetto: WWII, the American West and the Gold Rush Days.
This video is part of a larger body of work that includes 2 dimensional wall pieces and sound.
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| Title 1 Keywords: |
Running Through History 1 |
| Title 2 Publication Date: |
07-15-03 |
| Ttitle 2 Description: |
“Running Through History/Part Two,” deals with civilization being destroyed by natural causes, i.e. the volcanic eruption that destroyed Pompeii in contrast to nature being destroyed by mankind as we use up the land and harm the natural balance of things.
I’ve always been concerned and disturbed by development that’s not well thought out with no sense of planning for the future--worried about the fate of wildlife and our own mounting stress due to this creation of a paved world without any natural green space.
“Part Two,” begins with a beach scene in Southern California, the remnants of the World Trade Center disaster are laced within this scene afterwhich it moves on to me reading a book about Pompeii and then going to Pompeii...much from then on is dreamlike and allegorical. Pompeii is destroyed by Vesuvius and a small town in Southern California is in jeopardy due to rampant development. These two different refrains come together in the last section of the video, and then winds up on a positive note--returning to the beach scene.
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| Ttitle of Submission 3: |
Running Through History Part 3 |
| Subtitle 3: |
Somewhere Here Somewhere There |
| Title 3 Publication Date: |
02-15-04 |
| Title 3 Description: |
“Running Through History/Part Three,” deals with a trip to Death Valley at Christmas, 2002 and the war in Iraq which began on March 19, 2003 which is my birthday. Two important days with significantly different outcomes.
The scenes switch back and forth between the real events during the time spent at Death Valley and dreamlike sequences that explore both Death Valley
history and the war in Iraq.
The film depicts the peaceful grandeur of nature in contrast to the horrors of war.
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| Title 3 Keywords: |
Somewhere Here Somewhere There |
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Adriane Little
