Total Eclipse and the Heart

The experimental video Total Eclipse and the Heart is inspired by the solar totality of 2024. During an eclipse gone wrong, characters are drawn into nature and disappear into oblivion, sinking in ponds and crumbling to dust. The video alternates between live action and footage generated by artificial intelligence.  A colossal 3D moon hovers inside and out, asteroids float by, the sun morphs from one strange version to the next, and some scenes display the point of view of mosses, lichens and fungi. 

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The experimental video Total Eclipse and the Heart is inspired by the solar totality of 2024. During an eclipse gone wrong, characters are drawn into nature and disappear into oblivion, sinking in ponds and crumbling to dust. The video alternates between live action and footage generated by artificial intelligence.  A colossal 3D moon hovers inside and out, asteroids float by, the sun morphs from one strange version to the next, and some scenes display the point of view of mosses, lichens and fungi. 

Jillian McDonald is a dual citizen Canadian-American artist living in Brooklyn and Troy, NY. She received an MFA in Combined Media from Hunter College at City University of New York and is a professor at Pace University.