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PROJECT N°032025 — ONGOING · FILM / INSTALLATION / STUDY

The Shepherd

A study of care as lived labor rather than inherited symbol—moving from text, to object, to gesture, to film.

PROCESS REGISTER · FIVE PHASES

THE WORK
OF LOOKING.

The archive records how a familiar image was returned to labor, risk, material, and movement.

01 / QUESTION

JAN 2025

What remains after the symbol becomes too familiar?

The project began by suspending theological shorthand and documenting the actions implied by shepherding: watch, lead, search, wait, defend, carry.

Field notes, contact sheets, and storyboard drawings arranged on a work table
PLATE 01 · VISUAL RECORD · DEMONSTRATION MEDIA

02 / RESEARCH

MAR 2025

From noun to practiced attention.

The study moved between ποιμήν in John 10, the failed shepherds of Ezekiel 34, and material accounts of pastoral work.

RETURN TO JOHN 10:11 †
Weathered shepherd's crook against limestone
PLATE 02 · VISUAL RECORD · DEMONSTRATION MEDIA

03 / PRODUCTION

JUN 2025

The threshold as a place of decision.

A shaft of light became the visual grammar for leaving and returning. Static frames held long enough for watching to become an action.

A shaft of light crossing an ancient stone threshold
PLATE 03 · FILM STILL · DEMONSTRATION MEDIA