PARAPHILIA TRASUMANAR

How long did it take you to put together “Untitled?” I think I take for granted that there’s actually quite a bit of work that goes into each frame of your work. It’s like when you watch animation, and two minutes go by and you’re not aware that it took long stretches of time to construct such a short sequence. Is yours pretty labor intensive also?

And considering that you're doing this all by yourself? Does the music/sound design also take as long to compose?

Creating the feature cut along with developing the process was about a four year period. It contains footage from as far back as 1989. Now that the system is in place future projects should emerge more frequently. It's true that the work is carried out frame by frame. I liken it to painting. Every frame has to be something that can be a print and framed on a wall.

So yes, it is labor intensive. Others might be brought in depending on circumstances, but largely outside of the artistic process. For the soundtracks and any music that I compose, I tend to lock myself away and record outboard gear for hours on end. Usually after many hours, very early in the morning, I hear what I'm listening for. The sound influences the structure along with images. Then that recording gets rearranged with the film with software.

What do you wish to convey with “Untitled?” Not to reduce it down to what the “message” is, but I’m interested in hearing your take when the work itself is not apparent in what it’s trying to say.

It’s an experience, multi-layered and as intense as I could possibly deliver up until this time. It’s a dark odyssey that touches on certain areas within its chapters, like the abduction phenomenon, the dark side of Transhumanism, sexual obsession and mind control to name a few. I have no message to convey yet, and leave it up to whoever views it in whatever shape and format it takes on. In gaming terminology, “Untitled” is the inversion of so called “open world” gaming. The viewer has no choice while sitting in the unconscious hot seat. That being said, it’s quite minimalist. It avoids language to reach the viewer through sensation.

“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”

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