Davíd's Life

Filmed and edited by Davíd Ciotti Hernández Audio Copyright © – The Decca Record Company Limited, under Fair Use      I wasn't certain of where I was taking this project until I was deep into it. Reading over the assignment, the  McLuhan quote, “march backwards into the future,” really stuck with me. It reminded me so much of my time stage managing The Show Is Over, a devised embodied dance show, which was last spring term's MainStage production.       The first section of the show was around 10 minutes of the cast crossing from off stage left to off stage right while walking backwards (then safely run forwards through the basement back to the other side to continue the cycle), while pealing off layers of clothing. These two images started to lead my mind in what kind of footage I should capture.      My friend taking off many sweaters, in my mind, always came with the meaning of a type of stripping of identity, and I wanted it over...

     My name is Davíd Alejandro Ciotti Hernandez and I was born and raised in New York City. My parents have never been real artsy, but having the fortune of being my parents child, an Irish midwesterner Mom from Kenosha and my Cuban dad, while also happening to be born in and live my life in a place that happens to be a cultural epicenter of the world, meant that I had so much influence constantly being bombarded on me. I also was a part of my community theatre, because of my older sister, ever since the 1st grade.  Final Project for EDST 350. Use any medium to express anything relating to the class.      The thing is that, said "influence" being so constant from the time I was able to start processing the world, lead me to the subconscious conclusion that the art in a museum, at the movies, in the park, on broadway, or the side of the buildings has been here as long as the earth has existed - you can't just add to it. I could do my finger paints as a...