Sumin Kim

   The story I am adapting for this project is the Greek Mythology of Artemis. Artemis is the goddess of the Moon, hunt, wilderness, and chastity. However, in this project, I wanted to depict her as a symbol of freedom and peace.
   The video depicts the pain that the goddess Leto went through before giving birth to Artemis and Apollo. In Greek Mythology, Leto got pregnant by Zeus, and Hera, the queen of the gods and the wife of Zeus, was angry at this. She forbade nature spirits from letting Leto give birth in any place under the sun, which made Leto endure hardship in society.
   The video shows plenty of geometrical shapes, bringing about tension and ease to the video. Since deer is one of the symbolic animals of Artemis, I also wanted to make a digital puppet of a photo collaged creature with the head of a deer, branches as the antlers, dog feet, etc.
   While I do have a simple story in my mind, I still wish the audience could watch this video and create a narrative of their own in their mind, whether or not they know the Greek Mythology of Artemis. I wish that the imagery of the Moon, Sun, deer-headed creature and the night forest can make a whole new narrative.