Gospel is an interdisciplinary suite of works that explore complex notions of trauma and recurrent sorrow. Alternately framed as a song of loss and longing, the combined works form a surreal semi-autobiographical account of a daughter’s repudiation of mother, family, and home. The suite combines photographs of found hymn books, a sculptural/audio work, and a single channel video projection that uses appropriated footage from King Vidor’s “Hallelujah” and John Stahl & Douglas Sirk’s “Imitation of Life.”
Director, Producer, Picture Editing, Animation: Deanna Bowen
16 mm Cinematography: Christina Battle
Still Photography, Digital Priniting: Deanna Bowen