Elizabeth Paige Smith Art Tecopa

Elizabeth Paige Smith Art Tecopa Film, filmed in the Southern California desert of Tecopa.

TECOPA LANDSCAPE

 

digital video / 5 minutes 1 second / 2007

DIRECTED + CAMERA + EDITED: Elizabeth Paige Smith

LOCATION: Tecopa, California

Exploring the concept of life of struggle in an isolated mobile park adjacent to Death Valley, devoid of vitality. Smith's voyeuristic view into an otherworldliness of a place is overcome by the overbearing arid environment. Tecopa presents itself as a seemingly homey environment with a sense of desperation for normalcy with the implementation of dramatic coping mechanisms.