My Caldera

“[In My Caldera], imagery of the film is
of volcanic scenes in various life stages,
from pouring magma to inert mountain,
with colors unnaturally saturated –
purple, blue, and orange. The scratchy,
chaotic aesthetic is created through
Smith’s proprietary process of placing
TikTok video stills onto 35 mm film,
then rendering it in 4K as an artifact of
the original footage. A driving, heavy
metal soundtrack provides an apt audio
accompaniment to the visual onslaught of
nature’s rage. A common thread in Smith’s
work, this exhibition looks to nature for an
alternative – to draw an analogy to human
dynamics.” – Morán Morán