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Molly Rahtz
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 14 มี.ค. 2015
Molly Rahtz is a painter and video artist from Cincinnati, OH. Her works border the edge of comedic sarcasm, working with mythological references, power dynamics, and film theory/composition to illustrate capitalism's impact on the voice of the creator. She seeks to explore the weight born by the artist in a world that prioritizes profit over creativity.
Exit Interview || Molly Rahtz
The last interview of Aileen Wuornos is recorded in two orientations. Lines blur as the script is evaluated by the viewer, and what was once an interview turns into a deposition, an admission, a confession. Who is evaluating this deposition - the viewer, or someone... else?
มุมมอง: 35
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CAIN || A Short Film by Molly Rahtz
มุมมอง 2522 หลายเดือนก่อน
Something is rotten in the Garden of Eden. The story of Cain and Abel is reframed as a contemporary sibling rivalry. While Cain works with Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, Abel codes online, ignoring the outside world. Jealous that her brother is more valued than her in the capitalistic world she lives in, she takes her revenge and is reborn.
Painted Lady by unforseen circus - Side A
มุมมอง 142 หลายเดือนก่อน
Short 15-30 second clips of various songs from Painted Lady by Unforeseen Circus, Side A of the album. Story from Sides A and B are included, and visuals accompany the music showing the graphics for a vinyl.
Bottling Thunder
มุมมอง 252 หลายเดือนก่อน
As individuals under capitalism, we are just products along an assembly line, waiting to be given a use before we die. Any attempt to “bottle thunder”, or find order in chaos, is disrupted by the forces around us, leaving us only the option of fantasizing about escaping a capitalist system only by death. Thus, the death of us or the people around us is seen as freedom, as an unbottling. Bottlin...
In Control (Chess Dog) - No Sound
มุมมอง 169 หลายเดือนก่อน
In Control (Chess Dog) explores the perception of the recently rescinded rights of women (Roe v Wade) through the playing of a chess game, a male-dominated sport, the players being a Woman and a Man. The two players function as two sides of one coin: one pro-life, and one pro-choice. Throughout the game they fight over the rights of woman’s bodies, drawing parallels to power dynamics in domesti...
The Forest, The City: A Visual Essay
มุมมอง 36ปีที่แล้ว
Entitled “The Forest, The City: A Visual Essay”, this video work is comprised of a series of shots that liken the elements of a forest to the elements of a literary essay, ending with the city, symbolizing the ultimate structure that humans impose upon nature. This piece utilizes the screen medium in order to show the relationship between the screen/technology (how we are delivered information)...
CATS & DOGS
มุมมอง 84ปีที่แล้ว
Drawing inspiration from the experiments of Schrödinger's cat and Pavlov's dog, this piece likens humans to animals by drawing upon cycles and habits.
MEGAFAN
มุมมอง 38ปีที่แล้ว
MEGAFAN critiques celebrity culture by creating a pseudo-reality show that blurs the line between obsessor and obsessed.
Prometheus Rewritten
มุมมอง 29ปีที่แล้ว
Replicating the oral tradition that Greek Mythology originated from, I rewrite the myth of Prometheus to reflect a truth of today- that under capitalism artists are undervalued and forced to make art for the purpose of profit, not for the joy of the craft.
Incredible concept and execution. Love this
Wonderful concept!!
Damn I you will make it big bro/sis. I believe the quality of this video is great for a channel at this point! Wish you luck and I enjoyed the interview! I hope I will be seeing analytical documentaries from you soon!
Terrific work. 🙂
mfw im cat 😾
I love the how the ending is ambiguous! Great work as always