Blue Bird, 2024
Scope and Content Note
The series contains Master's theses from 1943 to present. The theses consist of either a production book and a media component or solely a production book. The production books were originally submitted as physical bound copies, but were later submitted digitally. The physical production books are stored offsite and the digital production books are stored in the College's preservation repository.
The media components consist of U-matic tapes, VHS tapes, CDs, DVDs, and Blu-rays and changed to digital submissions in 2020. There are also a handful of audiocassette tapes and one USB. The media components are stored onsite at the Archives.
Dates
- 2024
Creator
- Hua, Yue (Author, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
System requirements: Windows Media Player, QuickTime, or RealPlayer
Conditions Governing Use
The thesis is restricted due to FERPA, permission from the author is required before you can view the thesis.
Extent
39 pages
1 video file (1 video file (5 minutes) : digital, MP4 file, sound, color)
Language of Materials
From the record group: English
From the record group: Chinese
From the record group: Spanish; Castilian
Overview
"Blue Bird is a six 16mm projector performance of the journey of a bird's soul to find its body, also a journey into self. The work reflects my personal journey to find myself as well as my meditations on the relationship between spirit and body and the struggle to accept and love myself. Through the continuous changing of the 16mm film loops on the projectors, choreography their movement, and creation of visual effects with prisms, I aspire to create a liminal space that engulfs the viewer in an unrecognizable mental experience. We embark on this voyage with the bird through screens, memory, and present, dream and reality, and ultimately reach the sea of memory to rediscover her "body". Using spoken word and poem elements to engage the viewer in a thought-provoking dialogue, inspiring them to seek their own sense of "wholeness."" -- Abstract
Physical Location
RG 010.01C Visual & Media Arts
Physical Description
39 pages + 1 video file (5 minutes) : digital, MP4 file, sound, color
General
Media Component ID: TH-DIG0071
Repository Details
Part of the Emerson College Archives and Special Collections Repository
Walker Building, Room 223
120 Boylston Street
Boston Massachusetts 02116 United States
(617) 824-8301
archives@emerson.edu