Written, filmed and edited by Amy Auman
Voice acting by Nathan Young
Year 2500 is a speculative fiction of a dystopian future, where the only humans in existence live on the International Space Station orbiting a now-flooded earth. A voice performs the narrative’s events. It echoes as the story begins in outer space, then becomes clearer and closer when you journey to the depths of the ocean. Dolphin clicks, sonar beeps, a rushing of water and rain—all build an experience of a sensory-filled world.
The use of subverted tools creates a light-filled visual parallel to the narrative. The footage is a progression of noise as signal. Made from aggressive transposition, it leverages reflection, projection and changes in camera focus. The human hand physically manipulates each shot. In the end of the narrative, human error eventually results in the species’ demise.
Playing with the projector and various reflective surfaces yielded surprising optical effects. Evaluating the results of various tests, I began to consider bioluminescence and objects that spin or orbit. Outer space and the deep ocean are both mysterious worlds that lend themselves to a weird science fiction. Thus the story emerged.
For some scenes, BBC video footage projects onto cylindrical mirror paper spinning on a turntable. What you don't see in the above photo is me holding a circular shaped mirror on the end of a ruler to make an additional projection on the wall. I'll leave that part (and the rest) to your imagination.
Selected Works
RISD Museum SoundwalksUX + Animation
Record: A Graduate ThesisBook Design + Writing
PostersTypography + Photography
Proclamation 9558Video
Listen This WayInstallation + Website
Visiting Designer Lecture AnnouncementMotion Poster
See-Sign | See-SawInstallation/Experiential
Animal MechanicalWebsite
Inner TextVideo
Form in MotionAnimation
Extinct WordsAudio
EvolveVideo/Animation
Silent SoundscapeInstallation/Experiential
Et Al: AxisPublication Design
Mayamam WeaversIdentity + Brand Strategy
PhotographyOutdoor and Fashion
Folk School SongbookIllustration + Publication Design
Joe's JourneyCorporate Information Design
Ontology of InfluencePublication Design
Citi Private BankCorporate Information Design