JAYNE AMARA ROSS
SHORT FILMS
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WASTE (2017)ESSAY FILM / 6' / DIGITAL VIDEO + ANALOGUE AND ARCHIVAL PHOTOGRAPHS / ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK BY KURO
ARCHIVAL IMAGES COURTESY OF LJÓSMYNDASAFU SKAGASTRANDAR. IN THE NORSE COSMOGONY, THE FINITE WORLD IS CREATED FROM THE DISMEMBERED BODY OF THE PRIMORDIAL GIANT, YMIR, PERFECTLY PORTIONED OUT TO FULFIL ITS SUBLUNARY FUNCTION. SET TO A VISUAL SCORE THAT EMPLOYS ARCHIVAL MATERIAL TO TRACE THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMMERCIAL FISHING IN SKAGASTRÖND, NORTHERN ICELAND, WASTE IS A MEDITATION ON OVER-CONSUMPTION, AND PENURY, AND THE DEVASTATING VIOLENCE OF OUR DISPROPORTIONATE HUNGERS. 
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