In Flight 22, the idea of flight grounds the work both lyrically through Kali Uchis’ song and visually through its motion and form. Flight becomes a metaphor for emotional release, transformation, and transition, carrying the viewer through shifting visual realities. The frame by frame animation in the intro evokes the moment of takeoff, while the pixelated film clips that zoom the viewer in and out mirror turbulence. The song’s tone—seamless, weightless, and dreamlike—grounds the construction of the piece; many of the transitions aim to mirror ascent and descent throughout. Using collage, rotoscoping, and frame-by-frame illustrated animations, the work develops an aesthetic that feels both nostalgic and digital, blending hand-crafted textures with found footage to create a fluid, hybrid visual language.
