Gojira vs. Godzilla

a project by Aaron Kerner

 
 

Concepts:

  • Use of allegory to transmit history:
    • hibakusha
    • monstrous suffering
    • "incomprehensibility" of the atomic blast
  • History of the Daigo Fukuryu Maru
  • History of the Atomic Bomb in Japanese (visual) culture
  • Techniques (Theory and Practice):
    • Competing (historical) narratives
      • base image composite video:
        • opening of 1954 original
        • opening of 1956 American film
      • Three audio tracks:
        • 1954 original
        • 1956 American film
        • Original Score
      • "real" historical images:
        • Bravo Test Blast (March 1, 1954)
        • Daigo Fukuryu Maru Incident (from the opening of Hiroshima mon amour)

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