Amy Mary Bruce
Ulladulla High School
L'ART DE PONDERING
Time-Based Forms
iPhone, DaVinci Resolve software
L'art de Pondering is a film about the Chicken and the Egg. It's a nonsensical film, but the philosophical relationship between egg and chicken represents broader conflicts and pressures in today's society. I admire how humour can disarm audiences before introducing a deeper idea so I applied that concept to my body of work. I filmed with a dodgy iPhone camera, edited on a dying laptop and relied on a true friend, who made the work possible by saying yes to being in an egg suit.
My artmaking practice has been influenced by the study and interpretation of the following artists: Charlie Chaplin, Wes Anderson.
Marker's Commentary
L’art de Pondering is a delightfully whimsical and playful exploration of identity and friendship. This time-based film examines the age-old philosophical and scientific paradox of “which came first: the chicken, or the egg?” personified through the two lead characters. The use of black and white imagery, square-format framing, title cards, costumes, and props acts as both a pastiche and homage to classic cinema, referencing the slapstick silent films of Buster Keaton and Jean-Luc Godard’s couple-on-the-run trope. This sophisticated work abandons all pretence and self-conscious irony in favour of earnest sincerity, using comedic timing and youthful enthusiasm to reveal the absurdity and emotional complexity of human relationships.