i changed the place and vessel for the salt. i had to sit with the idea for a few days because i was struggling with what to change. i decided to merge my map and initial salt pour by bringing it outside and up close to the ground (merging themes like perspective and how the ground reacts to the sand). i also brought the human form into the equation as i think that hands are a telling and individualistic part of a persons body.
the addition of hands also allows the viewer to perceive the feeling and realise the salt in its individuality and as a material.
i also really wanted to incorporate the notion of layers like in my map but i just couldn’t get the right camera angle.
one of my favourite aspects is how the grass is swallowed and encapsulated into the salt and the blades are slowly eaten by the grains of salt.
this is the second attempt at pouring as the audio was better (explained in 1st attempt), so the hands are covered in reminants of white really fine dusty salt. i was thinking that this is relevant to contrasting the ideas of classes. “dirty” hands could represent the working labour value is being exploited (being left “crumbs” or unsubstantial salaries) or it could twist and reflect the bourgeois having too much (“profit” so to speak) and always having extra or being dusted in wealth.
