Proj-2+Ambiguous+Body+Ian+Shieh


 * __Scar Tissue by Su Friedrich__**

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Scar Tissue is a conceptual modern film which uses two sets of images that is somewhat structured and reproduces the original event. However the two images are used in juxtaposition to not only reproduce the original event but to also undermine the original event. Su Friedrich uses two sets of images, women’s high heels in trotting around Manhattan and the midsections of men, mainly focusing on their hands and arms. The two sets consist of contrasting close up images that switch off frequently from on to the other. The visual message conveyed by the film is the different gendered body language of the two sexes. The film reproduces the event of women and men in the crowded Manhattan area. The viewer can distinguish even with the close shots of specific body parts, the environment in which the shots are taken. New York City and Manhattan especially, the Big Apple, is synonymous with the integration of people from varying ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds. The film, shot in America’s most well known “melting pot” cities where settlers have flocked in dating before the American revolution, contrastingly presents an essential distance and difference between men and women. The women, walking gracefully on shaky heels and their slim silhouette shadows contrast with the more solid, secure visuals on the men’s torsos and folded arms. The film’s conceptual idea of using two sets of images, together to present an environment relating to certain attributes, but together also undermine the environment it produces in its contrast and distance.

Ian Shieh New Media: Digital Art Instructor- Brian Davis