Sammy Chien

In Search of Universality: Social Movements, Interdisciplinary Art and Expanded Media

“If our dreams are able to shift reality, then why can’t we filmmakers free ourselves from the conventions of cinema that may be restraining our creative vision? Are we merely slaves to our ideologies, or are we able to deconstruct our pre-existing identities? One way to challenge these limits is through integrating different elements, mediums and methods; the insurmountable conventions and constraints then may begin to disintegrate.”

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