L’Étranger, 2018-Present
In this current iteration of, L’Étranger, 2018-Present [The Stranger] This piece is continually manipulated each year using emerging technologies so it will evolve through time and space.
The Stranger explores the themes of diffusion and anomalous diffusion by manipulating found footage and kaleidoscopic digital interventions. By reshaping vintage imagery into mirrored, shifting compositions, the film mirrors the unpredictable movement of particles in space, where repetition and redirection create new, evolving trajectories.
The kaleidoscopic effect introduces structured randomness—akin to anomalous diffusion—where past states influence future evolution. This process is visually represented through boundary reflections, where imagery is continuously redirected, much like a particle encountering spatial constraints. These boundaries exist aesthetically (through the film’s symmetrical compositions) and conceptually (as the historical context of the footage is transformed through digital manipulation).
Additionally, the film engages with ideas of stochastic sampling, a process found in machine learning and computational statistics, where iterative exploration refines meaning over time. Just as diffusion models inform adaptive processes, The Stranger reconfigures archival material to generate fluid, shifting narratives.
Through this lens, the film becomes an audiovisual meditation on memory, history, and perception—where movement is not linear but shaped by constraints, reflections, and disruptions. It embodies anomalous diffusion as a visual and conceptual framework, revealing how images, like matter, evolve through unpredictable yet patterned transformations.
This work was originally created for Anti-Nostalgia opens at The Carrack Oct 5-21, 2018 curated by elin o'Hara slavick and Olivia Huntley. This piece is continually manipulated each year using emerging technologies so it will evolve through time and space.
See: thecarrack.org/exhibits-events/anti-nos…
Premiered on October 05, 2028 - 7:00 PM - 9:30 PM @the_carrack as part of ANTI-NOSTALGIA and @clickphotofest
