Habitus

An experiment using Pierre Bourdieu's concept of Habitus as a way to de-construct the relationship between narration and imagery. Filmed in Super-8 at the Thousand Palms Oasis in the Coachella Valley Preserve, the objective is to gradually reveal the discrepancies between the site described in the narration and the oasis seen in the film, thereby asking the viewer to consider their experience of the film in light of Bourdieu's habitus: "The habitus allows us to both think that we have chosen what is necessary to us, and to think that what we have learned is actually natural to us. When this transformation determines our modes of living in the general area of taste, as well as the specific area of aesthetic taste, it allows us to misinterpret acquired taste as primary experiential preferences." My goal is to disturb the process of 'consuming' visual media, and to expose our assumptions about this medium as 'primary' and 'experiential' by making its reception a struggle.

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• habitus
• Bourdieu
• Jay
• Hasbrouck

[jonnyonebit]

well you succeeded in making it a struggle, a mindfu£k, but in the good, las vegas way.

[nbann6]

This is fantastic! I loved the pace... and struggle I did. checking out your other work now :)

[georgesclaudius]

il y a des résonances entre le Kafka de La métamorphose et la théorie de l'habitus de Bourdieu, c'est ce fantôme de la présence du groupe social d'origine qu'on décèle très bien dans ces très belles images!