This project was part of an installation in the 2022 Bowling Green State University BFA Show as a commentary on the effect of women in activism through the use of a Rube Goldberg Machine. Each of the objects used within the video have symbolism reflecting back to the idea of femininity.
The installation was set up to include two videos playing simultaneously. The first one was displayed on a larger television screen and was depicting the different trials and tribulations it took to get the full machine to work the whole way through. This was to show the painstaking labor it took to get one action to coalesce into a chain of reactions.
The second video was displayed on a smaller monitor situated in front of the large television monitor depicting the final clip where all of the reactions come together to go through the full machine in one take. When juxtaposed with the larger and longer video behind it, it is showing how the shorter video is the desired outcome of activism whereas the longer video is the actual path that is required to make change.
Creating this project was extremely out of my comfort zone as a designer because I was accustomed to creating two-dimensional and three-dimensional pieces. The fourth dimension was brand new to my expertise. I was actively solving issues throughout the entire process of creating this thesis project over the course of three semesters.
Though I had my doubts in the middle of creating it and filming it, it was worth the struggle because the struggle was the point. Struggling is the epitome of activism, especially for the fight for women's rights.