'Narcissistic Life'

In order to satisfy the typical modern film viewer, producers rely on digital technology to create stunningly spectacular imagery and events that are perceived – to the average eye – to be “real”. This is the principal idea in my film Narcissistic Life. My film questions a type of created reality through perception. “A visible sign of this shift is the new role that computer-generated special effects have come to play in the Hollywood industry in the 1990’s” (Manovich 2001:300). Which images presented to you are photographs and which are video clips? The purpose of this film is not to question analog or digital technology, but to make its viewers think about the created digital reality that has been, and continually will be presented to film viewers as “real”. I present a seven minute long series of still and video images, but some are photographs and some are video. Only through a careful examination will the viewer be able to tell which clips are video and which are scanned photographs.


'Narcissistic Life' by Andrew Hind...

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Miso Photography

Welcome to my little space on the internet, a place where you will get a virtual taste of who I am. So who am I?

My name is Andrew Hind. I’m a graduate from the Arts and Culture program at Carleton University in Ottawa Ontario Canada.

What do I do?

I am a photographer living in Ottawa. My work explores two very different elements: one is the urban landscape I inhabit. The second challenges the hegemony of heterosexuality. Through photo montage, I objectify the male body, with homoerotic undertones, in order to ask why we accept the objectification of women. Photography has become a way for me to express myself, my inner thoughts and feelings. I have also recently started to explore the wonderful world of video art. My first film Narcissistic Life explores the relationship of analog technology versus digital.

So take a look around. I know there isn’t much, but as time goes on, this site will grow to be the biggest thing the internet has ever seen!!!!

Cheers,
Andrew