"Labyrinth of Language"
Section MS14, Jermaine Francis
Keywords: moving image, sound music, abstraction
The "Labyrinth of Language" project aims to explore the abstraction and iteration of information through the process of translation across different languages via a video medium. The resulting series of iterative video works will demonstrate how information gradually loses its original form and takes on new meanings through layers of cultural and linguistic transformation.
A multi-channel video installation plays the original video and each iterative video post-translation. The audience can hear each round of translated text and related sound effects, experiencing the translation process.