{"id":46077,"date":"2021-04-13T09:05:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T08:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/?p=46077"},"modified":"2022-08-22T11:50:10","modified_gmt":"2022-08-22T10:50:10","slug":"protest-power-and-mental-health-explored-through-film-by-young-artist-ciara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/protest-power-and-mental-health-explored-through-film-by-young-artist-ciara\/","title":{"rendered":"Protest, power and mental health explored through film by young artist Ciara"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Ciara took part in our City as Studio online film-making residency in February 2021. In this post she shares her experience of the collaborative workshops, how her ideas developed across the week as she explored new skills, and what it means to be a ‘Citizen of the Universe’.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Words, images and film by Ciara<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Universe: home to hundreds of trillions of galaxies, stars and planets; all millions of light years apart. Yet somehow, somewhere, we all fit into this together, as Citizens of the Universe. We share this Universe with each other, so with that comes the responsibility to accept, love and respect everybody within it. Ruth Asawa explores this with her art, reflecting on her own life and experience, promoting the idea that social change is important and that art is a tool to help achieve this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Throughout the week long residency that I took part in this February, we explored what it means to be a Citizen of the Universe and how art can be created in response to this, in particular through film.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The residency began with a workshop exploring \u2018The Language of Film\u2019 in which we looked through newspaper articles, highlighting key words and phrases that represented themes that were important to us as individuals. I looked at mental health and lockdown as it is a relevant issue, concerning many.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In response to this I created a short film aiming to highlight the stress and anxiety that plagues people and how it affects daily life. I used my pistol grip, that I created using clay, to film the shots and experimented with many different camera angles. This workshop helped to explore my ideas and emotions and create a response that was personal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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