The Reach of Rail (2019)
This being one of my first forrays into Video Collage as a form of Documentary or Essay, there’s a lot this video is attempting to communicate in such a small ammount of time. There’s so much history and context about the topic that it’s hard to fully articulate how the stars aligned to put LA’s public transit system in the place it is today- and how the place it’s in today reflects the insidious sentiments of the city’s past. I like this video overall but I wish I could polish the end a little bit more to draw out it’s conclusions in a more meaningful way. Also not a huge fan of my overreliance on TV static transitions. This video by far changed the direction of my artistic pursuits in video and it’s influence can be seen in my more recent works.