Marrow of my Bones is a short experimental film that has been created through a mixture of digital special effects, compositing, frame by frame animation, and 16mm hand processed film. Through material-based exploration, this film plays with the concept of post-humanism via the return to nature and the body in a tactile and gritty manner. The score is an electroacoustic soundscape, a playful mixture of voice, analog synthesizers, and field recordings of foraged sounds such as insects, wind, and fire. These sounds were then processed through hardware effects such as low-pass filters, reverb & delay. The soundscape is a mixture of digital sources manipulated with analog processing and vice-versa, reflecting the creation of the visuals. Marrow of my Bones engages with hybridity, embodiment, and otherness. Otherness is a monster that embodies all that is outside the normal or standard. When framing nature as other, we are contaminating it with other others. Nature becomes a queer monster. Land is not a passive object; it is a monster that fights back. This film is a love letter to queerness and connection. In this self-portrait, I am embracing my innate entanglement with non-humans, as though I am perceived as human. I am crawling along the boundaries of ingrained perceptions. Transformation begins when I recognize the contaminations that make me.
