Depression (2026)
Faculty Mentor Name
Jill Vasileff
Research or Creativity Area
Humanities & Arts
Abstract
Depression (2026) is a project made of twelve pieces, designed like a film. I chose to present it as a movie because the work compares a person’s life to a film being made. Just like a movie has a plan, a process, and a final result, a person’s life also follows a kind of structure. However, this project shows what happens when that process does not work properly.
The main idea of this work is to express depression through the feeling of repetition, stillness, and broken plans. Each piece represents moments in life when days feel the same, time feels stuck, and things do not go as planned. These experiences are shown through the steps of making a film, such as planning, filming, and editing. In this project, those steps are incomplete or do not connect well. Schedules are wrong, scenes do not match, and the story cannot move forward clearly.
This project is based on the idea that a person’s life is like a movie. But in Depression (2026), that movie is not finished or well made. It shows a life where direction is unclear and progress is slow or stopped. Through this, I try to express how depression affects not only emotions but also a person’s sense of time, order, and purpose. Instead of showing strong or dramatic moments, this work focuses on quiet and small feelings and moments. These simple moments are important because they better show how depression feels in everyday life. The repeated structure of the project helps show the feeling of being trapped in the same cycle, while the broken flow of the film shows a loss of control.
Through this project, Depression (2026) presents depression as an ongoing process, not just a single feeling. It shows how it can slow down life and make it hard to move forward, like a film that cannot be completed.
Depression (2026)
Depression (2026) is a project made of twelve pieces, designed like a film. I chose to present it as a movie because the work compares a person’s life to a film being made. Just like a movie has a plan, a process, and a final result, a person’s life also follows a kind of structure. However, this project shows what happens when that process does not work properly.
The main idea of this work is to express depression through the feeling of repetition, stillness, and broken plans. Each piece represents moments in life when days feel the same, time feels stuck, and things do not go as planned. These experiences are shown through the steps of making a film, such as planning, filming, and editing. In this project, those steps are incomplete or do not connect well. Schedules are wrong, scenes do not match, and the story cannot move forward clearly.
This project is based on the idea that a person’s life is like a movie. But in Depression (2026), that movie is not finished or well made. It shows a life where direction is unclear and progress is slow or stopped. Through this, I try to express how depression affects not only emotions but also a person’s sense of time, order, and purpose. Instead of showing strong or dramatic moments, this work focuses on quiet and small feelings and moments. These simple moments are important because they better show how depression feels in everyday life. The repeated structure of the project helps show the feeling of being trapped in the same cycle, while the broken flow of the film shows a loss of control.
Through this project, Depression (2026) presents depression as an ongoing process, not just a single feeling. It shows how it can slow down life and make it hard to move forward, like a film that cannot be completed.
