Catherine Opie // Rhetorical Landscapes (2020)
Left: Catherine Opie, Untitled #5 (Political Collage) (still), 2019, Digital video on monitor, 1:52, looped, © Catherine Opie
Right: Catherine Opie, Untitled #6 (Political Collage) (still), 2019, Digital video on monitor 2:23, looped, © Catherine Opie
In 2019, I was invited by Catherine Opie to serve as animation director for her Rhetorical Landscapes series—an ambitious, multi-channel installation that explored themes of American identity, nationalism, and mediated landscapes through a fusion of photography, sound, and collage animation. I led the animation process for each piece, translating Opie’s conceptual vision into dynamic moving images that played a central role in the emotional and narrative arc of the work.
These pieces have been written about extensively as can be seen here and here.
Sections of the animated collages can be seen here and here.