Montgomery L. Virginia – Cyland Video Archive https://videoarchive.cyland.org Video Archive Wed, 15 Apr 2026 21:54:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.25 Deep See https://videoarchive.cyland.org/video_archive/deep-see/ Wed, 29 Nov 2023 14:31:02 +0000 https://videoarchive.cyland.org/?post_type=video_archive&p=19205 HD Digital Video DEEP SEE is a metaphysical short video. The work engages cognitive recursion as a poetic device via forms of blended perception with a disembodied 4ft blonde pony-tail prop boxed inside a complex, oceanic dream. The video merges internal and external reflections. DEEP SEE deploys simultaneous sensorial strategies of visual, auditory and linguistic … Continue reading "Deep See"

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DEEP SEE is a metaphysical short video. The work engages cognitive recursion as a poetic device via forms of blended perception with a disembodied 4ft blonde pony-tail prop boxed inside a complex, oceanic dream. The video merges internal and external reflections. DEEP SEE deploys simultaneous sensorial strategies of visual, auditory and linguistic looping to incite “double-meanings” and to build a dream inside a dream. “Once I dreamt my mind was an ocean box and my ponytail was inside it. Even though my ponytail is mine, I can never fully see it as it grows from the back of my head. So, I built it real: I sea swam with a 4ft surrogate. I wanted to see my ponytail swim detached from me in the sea. And to see the sea as a box on a screen. And when I filmed it I was also inside the ocean and the box on the screen. I made a psychic echo by drilling into my dream; I can now deep see,” VLM, 2019.

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]]> Moon Moth Bed https://videoarchive.cyland.org/video_archive/moon-moth-bed/ Wed, 29 Nov 2023 14:24:45 +0000 https://videoarchive.cyland.org/?post_type=video_archive&p=19202 Moon Moth Bed is a surreal, symbolic, and eco-feminist art-film about destruction, rebirth, and collaborative consciousness. Inspired by Dr. Donna Haraway’s ecofeminist writings and panpsychic philosophy, this live-action, lens-based film investigates the idea that all matter is conscious and interconnected. Moon Moth Bed depicts real luna moths hatching from their cocoons amidst an ethereal video … Continue reading "Moon Moth Bed"

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]]> Moon Moth Bed is a surreal, symbolic, and eco-feminist art-film about destruction, rebirth, and collaborative consciousness. Inspired by Dr. Donna Haraway’s ecofeminist writings and panpsychic philosophy, this live-action, lens-based film investigates the idea that all matter is conscious and interconnected. Moon Moth Bed depicts real luna moths hatching from their cocoons amidst an ethereal video dreamworld set with bells, a miniature moon, and a small moth-scale bed. The film is cocooned in an atmospheric soundscape of rumbling thunderstorms, textured sounds, and twinkling temple bells. In Moon Moth Bed’s culminating visual sequence, a deus-ex-machina device enters the film to conjure chaos. In response, the video dreamworld comes alive with sensual flows of honey to restore peace. The video concludes with circle-shaped imagery to symbolize rebirth and conjure hope. Moon Moth Bed was directed, edited, produced, sound-scored, and performed-by multimedia artist Virginia L. Montgomery alongside her hand-raised luna moth collaborators.

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]]> O Luna https://videoarchive.cyland.org/video_archive/o-luna/ Wed, 29 Nov 2023 14:19:08 +0000 https://videoarchive.cyland.org/?post_type=video_archive&p=19199 4K Digital Video   O, LUNA is a surreal, live-action dreamscape of ocular symbols, echoing sounds, and uncanny interspecies intimacy created by the neurodivergent video and sound artist, Virginia L. Montgomery. The film investigates ecofeminist-philosophical themes of materiality, metamorphosis, and “atomic consciousness” through gesture, texture, and co-creation. O, LUNA also blends together themes from ancient … Continue reading "O Luna"

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O, LUNA is a surreal, live-action dreamscape of ocular symbols, echoing sounds, and uncanny interspecies intimacy created by the neurodivergent video and sound artist, Virginia L. Montgomery. The film investigates ecofeminist-philosophical themes of materiality, metamorphosis, and “atomic consciousness” through gesture, texture, and co-creation. O, LUNA also blends together themes from ancient mythology, feminist psychoanalysis, and material physics, such as the “Cosmic Egg” myth, the Grecian “Myth of Psyche,” “the Gaze,” and the “Coriolis Effect.” The film features Bella, a North American luna moth, as she gently flutters between sticks and bells. Her moth-ly movements create the film’s bespoke soundscape. Working together, Bella and VLM co-create a healing soundscape as both entities, moth and human, share in a common dialogue of sounds, symbols, and hope. O, LUNA was entirely created, crafted, filmed, edited, produced, and scored by the artist while with her moths at her side.
 
 
 
 

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]]> Cut Copy Sphinx https://videoarchive.cyland.org/video_archive/cut-copy-sphinx/ Wed, 29 Nov 2023 14:05:33 +0000 https://videoarchive.cyland.org/?post_type=video_archive&p=19193 CUT COPY SPHINX is a surreal, sculptural short art-film about metaphysics, myth, and destruction. A feminist twist on the classical myth of Oedipus and the Sphinx, CUT COPY SPHINX recasts the sphinx as the uncanny hero who endures ‘cuts’ across time. Shot en plein aire on a miniature prop-set with a Dewalt drill and a … Continue reading "Cut Copy Sphinx"

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]]> CUT COPY SPHINX is a surreal, sculptural short art-film about metaphysics, myth, and destruction. A feminist twist on the classical myth of Oedipus and the Sphinx, CUT COPY SPHINX recasts the sphinx as the uncanny hero who endures ‘cuts’ across time. Shot en plein aire on a miniature prop-set with a Dewalt drill and a gallon of honey, CUT COPY SPHINX syncs philosophy, feminism, and image theory. The film is directed, edited, scored, and performed by the artist, VLM.

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