Rachael Won
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Prompt: Time moves not only through lines (X), surfaces (Y), objects (Z), and motion (W)—but also between them. In this final unit, you’ll integrate the dimensions explored so far into a multi-medium temporal experiment. Time becomes hybrid: spatial, embodied, rhythmic, digital, and performative all at once. This assignment invites you to think across mediums—analog and digital, sound and image, object and screen—to create an immersive or layered temporal experience.
Combining multiple mediums ended up revealing that time was not linear. I used many different mediums like animation, collage, and sound. Collaging the animations created a chaotic representation of time because everything was happening at once. Once I added sound, it represented time as fragmented. The audio would go back and forth from when I was young to my family currently, to represent how time has passed. I think layering the different dimensions created a nostalgic atmosphere in my final piece because it looks back through time, not chronologically, but all of my past at the same time.
One of the biggest hardships I had working with both digital and analog processes was that I needed to have one fully finished in order to work on the other. If I wanted to do my analog animations, I needed to have the frames all laid out together digitally and needed them printed before I could start on the analog process. But if we look at the final piece, the analog elements added in a rough but refined look throughout the piece that could only be achieved with hand-drawn animations. In this way, working with digital and analog processes was harmonious because I was able to create a specific mood through analog animations that I would not have been able to achieve through digital animations.