Jillian McDonald
Total Eclipse and the Heart, 2025
TRT: 10:00
Total Eclipse and the Heart, 2025
TRT: 10:00
The experimental video Total Eclipse and the Heart is inspired by the solar totality of 2024. During an eclipse gone wrong, characters are drawn into nature and disappear into oblivion, sinking in water and crumbling like rocks. The video alternates between live action and footage generated by artificial intelligence, and includes NASA 3D models of the Moon and the Earth. Moon rocks float by, the eclipse morphs from one strange version to the next, and the natural world takes center stage. Moss, insects, fox, lichen, walrus, and fungi thrive in the end. Filmed in New York, Greenland, Utah, New Mexico, and Québec. This is a 10-minute version of the original 22-minute work.