Astral Projection
Nick Zaragoza & Lily Tyson
Humans have long been fascinated with the cosmos, both scientifically and spiritually. We look to the stars to explain our lives on earth and our purpose. We aim to portray the similarities and differences between space exploration and astrology.
We created an abstract piece to show time, space, and people with footage from the 1969 moonwalk, press conferences, and everyday life in the 60s and 70s, as well as footage of the moon’s surface and other heavenly bodies.
Astral Projection was a multimedia journey between the two of us. Our research papers combined became an abstract and nostalgic auditory and visual experience. Nick researched the history of tarot, and Lily researched the 1969 Moon Landing. For our piece, we scoured YouTube for vintage and archived footage of past life, the stars, and nature. Nick composed the music in Ableton and Astral Projection went through many stages. The critique we were given was to lean into the vintage aesthetic, adjust the frame of the clips to be that of an old camera, to add subtitles to guide the viewer through the experience, and adjust the pitch of the audio.
We hope this piece conveys the ethereal, evolving, and heavenly aspects of life on earth and in the stars.
Nick Zaragoza & Lily Tyson
Humans have long been fascinated with the cosmos, both scientifically and spiritually. We look to the stars to explain our lives on earth and our purpose. We aim to portray the similarities and differences between space exploration and astrology.
We created an abstract piece to show time, space, and people with footage from the 1969 moonwalk, press conferences, and everyday life in the 60s and 70s, as well as footage of the moon’s surface and other heavenly bodies.
Astral Projection was a multimedia journey between the two of us. Our research papers combined became an abstract and nostalgic auditory and visual experience. Nick researched the history of tarot, and Lily researched the 1969 Moon Landing. For our piece, we scoured YouTube for vintage and archived footage of past life, the stars, and nature. Nick composed the music in Ableton and Astral Projection went through many stages. The critique we were given was to lean into the vintage aesthetic, adjust the frame of the clips to be that of an old camera, to add subtitles to guide the viewer through the experience, and adjust the pitch of the audio.
We hope this piece conveys the ethereal, evolving, and heavenly aspects of life on earth and in the stars.