ABSTRACT
The video work “abstract” embraces the fiction mind creates looking at reality. Eight postcards made spontaneously in Gilles Massot’s class of “History of Reality and Fiction” using watercolors and charcoal have been animated humorously where Gilles is portrayed doing ballet during lectures. His engaging and entertaining traits have been picked up to create the animation. The voice from his recorded zoom lectures has been used in the animation whereas the visuals on front of the postcards (made using charcoal and watercolors during the lesson, spontaneously) have been animated taking reference from the recorded lectures. The voice modulations and the background noise in
the video (due to his constant movement in the class) recreate the space at that moment and make the viewers feel his presence in real-time. The title abstract itself talks about the work representing a part of Gilles and his life. It also talks about something existing in thought (artists mind) but not having a concrete existence being represented in the
video. In a way, I was constantly trying to solve this never-ending tussle between reality and fiction through my video animation work.
the video (due to his constant movement in the class) recreate the space at that moment and make the viewers feel his presence in real-time. The title abstract itself talks about the work representing a part of Gilles and his life. It also talks about something existing in thought (artists mind) but not having a concrete existence being represented in the
video. In a way, I was constantly trying to solve this never-ending tussle between reality and fiction through my video animation work.
