Due to the success of a previous collaboration, Truscott, director of the graphic and visual arts program at Utah Valley University, developed the film Bound with his students, as inspired by Entropy Retrograde). A man finds himself in front of a fire in a deep wood. He is startled by the glimpse of another presence and follows in pursuit. The chase leads him to a mountain lake and into the water. As he swims down he relives the trauma of a car accident. Before he can save the victim he loses consciousness and becomes the one needing rescue. With the help of another he makes it out alive – or, does he? Prompted by a scientific website, the fixed media piece, “Entropy Retrograde,” takes the idea of using recordings of glass and treating it to take the random and unorganized, honing it into distinct directions, finishing with focused energy.
