Under the Shadow of the Wall (2022)
This video essay focuses on the landscapes of the Sonoran Desert—and the project of a border wall between the U.S. and Mexico—as a way of investigating the manner in which something as seemingly generic as a wall can take on particular political and affective forms. This short provocation explores the ways that violent and distasteful objects create, and subsequently come to characterize, malevolent spectacles.
Director: Taylor Genovese
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Taylor Genovese as Narrator (voice) |
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Laiken Jordahl as Himself (voice) |
| Writing | Taylor Genovese | Writer |
| Directing | Taylor Genovese | Director |
| Camera | Taylor Genovese | Director of Photography |
| Production | Arturo Magaña | Location Coordinator |
| Sound | Dick Powis | Music |
| Editing | Taylor Genovese | Editor |