A Mile in My Shoes
An archival video and website creating a narrative around my Dad’s medals using cyanotype frame-by-frame animation to create a rhythm in the video, which linked to the rhythmic cycle of running. The website I coded myself using HTML, CSS, and a bit of JavaScript, this was so I could have interactivity with the website, such as the sound on the clicks and scrolling down to layer the images on top of each other. I wanted this to feel like you were diving into a different world because one of the things my dad said about his running is that he loses himself in the rhythmic pattern of his feet touching the ground.
I wanted to use cyanotype because I felt that the cyanotype works well with the connection back to nature that my Dad was talking about because cyanotype is often used for prints with leaves. It also is reactive to UV light so when doing the prints I would put them out in the sun to expose the paper. The sun wouldn’t be consistent due to cloud cover thats why there is imperfections in some frames. I like the effect of of the different exposures, it makes the video feel more authentic.
