dinner

Sense of Place
Danielle Kelly


Rather than focusing on a physical sense of place, this work deals with the ephemeral notion of place within a family. Un-monumental events such as family dinners become more significant once isolated from other daily activities. Familiar scenes from movies of families eating dinner enables most viewers to identify with the event and feel a connection to scenarios portrayed.

By juxtaposing family-dinner scenes in a grid and playing them simultaneously, the viewer would only be able to pay attention to certain aspects of the videos rather than absorbing all the scenes at the same time. The inability to comprehend all scenes at once, results in the viewer recognising phrases and actions, which trigger personal memories and feelings. Similar to the Rorschach inkblot test, individuals would have different reactions as they watch the scenes and identify with what is personally relevant.

Similar to Félix González-Torress use of personal particularities within his work by focusing on his illness, I decided to focus on a subject that was significant to myself. Being a love child without acceptance of my fathers existing family; issues of family permeated my day-to-day life making me aware that even within traditional family units there can be many psychological and cultural issues.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• family
• dysfunctional
• crazy
• movies
• insane
• funny

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