NAUSEA

The main goal of this project is to propose an approach for film-making that offers an alternative form of queer storytelling, rooting itself in the 1930s as the fundamental ‘other’ beginning of how this form of film would present itself, where a film production code was not the ruling power. Using Jean-Paul Sartre’s ‘Nausea,’ a scene has been recreated as a method of exploring and evaluating the use of these defined concepts. The proposed methods of film production push a Cinema of the Senses, one which capitalizes on the use of haptic visuality to express the queer experience through our occupation of space and how we interact with it.

Informed by Laura Marks’ concept of haptic visuality, this project explores the tactile dimensions of cinematic storytelling whereby the eyes become the sensory function of touch. By prioritizing sensory engagement and embodied experiences, the project endeavours to differ from the limitations of traditional visuality, inviting viewers to perceive and interact with cinematic objects in ways that elicit visceral responses. Through considered design of props and sets, the project argues, filmmakers can harness haptic visuality to deepen audience immersion and foster nuanced understandings of queer narratives in film.

Catalogue essay to be accessed at: https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:US:95151e72-0d45-48c3-be50-e38252ef31cb