Arising during the coronavirus lockdowns, this triptych of 360° spherical films addresses the uncertainty caused by the coronavirus pandemic’s massive disruption. The familiar feels like it has dissolved into an estrangement where a rose is no longer a rose even though it still smells as sweet. This floating and defamiliarized world is the ‘blursday zone’. Director’s statement: I chose 360 video as a medium in order to respond to the uncanny sense of ‘isolation amongst the many’ that I feel during the coronavirus pandemic. For me, 360 video positions the viewer in a self-isolated stance where one can voyeuristically watch, but not touch, the spherically conjured world that surrounds them. I feel like this contradictory invitation to be immersed in a world you cannot affect works well as a metaphor for the need to avoid others in order to protect them, while at the same time craving to connect and be a part of engaged society.
