MURDEROUS (2021)

ART 3700: Experimental Video Art - Poetics and Space Project

MURDEROUS

Visual Poem adapted from Unholy Sonnet 14 by Mark Jarman

"After the praying, after the hymn-singing,
After the sermon’s then chant commentary
On the world’s ills, which make ours secondary,
After communion, after the hand-wringing,
And after peace descends upon us, bringing
our eyes up to regard sanctuary
And how the light swords through it, and how, scary
In their sheer numbers, motes of dust ride, clinging-
There is, as doctors say about some pain,
Discomfort knowing that despite your prayers,
Your listening and rejoicing, your small part
In this communal stab at coming clean,
There is one stubborn remnant of your cares
In tact. There is still murder in your heart."

Featuring

Jayne Hubbard, Danny Mercado, Andrew Tedmon, Atlas Peek, Kilee Jones, Abby Rhoads, Matt Greisen, Nik Nolen, Brock Bowers

Music: Violent Crimes by Kanye West, The Birds Pt. II by The Weeknd

Additional sound from EPIDEMIC SOUND