| dc.description.abstract | The Color of my Skin: A Symphonic Pilgrimage, is an audiovisual symphony consisting of seven movements that were created during the 2020/21 COVID-19 pandemic. The totality of the work has been sculpted, and woven together through an inward exploration, in quest of what is sacred; in search of non-materialistic values, in search of the divine from within. The seven movements are inspired by an emotional introspective survey of historical time, personal memories, and contemporary events. The antiquity and richness of the Mexican culture and its people is highlighted throughout this work by collaging sounds, religious rituals, religious architecture, and dance, through video. The audiovisual symphony explores the formal artistic aspects of rhythm, repetition, symmetry, and color in order to create a dream-like mystical environment. There is a fictional arrow of time in this symphony, evoked by the progression of sounds as well as original and appropriated imagery. New variations of meaning can be evoked in collaboration with its audience. These new meanings are explored by collaging both opaque and transparent narratives. The symphony explores spirituality, divinity and their relation to the creation of my own identity. The audiovisual movements canonize and iconize the Mexican/Central American immigrant culture, and their life long journey into cultural assimilation into the United States. The complete work can be viewed at danirami.com. | |
