Chrysaora Colorata

'Chrysaora Colorata' (2015) is the scientific name given to the jellyfish featured in this moving image work. Fascinated by the species aesthetic characteristics, as well as its poisonous nature, Chrysaora Colorata reflects a binary in which seduction and aversion are somehow entangled.
This experiemental video can also be shown as a loop.

  • Denise Batchelor
    Director
  • Denise Batchelor
    Producer
  • Denise Batchelor (video)
    Artist
  • Indira Force (sound artist)
    Artist
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short, Other
  • Genres:
    Art
  • Runtime:
    3 minutes 11 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    December 10, 2015
  • Production Budget:
    0 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    New Zealand
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Shooting Format:
    HD video
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • IPA: International Photography Awards Competition
    Los Angeles
    United States
    Honorable Mention
Director Biography - Denise Batchelor

Denise Batchelor has exhibited widely in galleries, art centres and festivals both in New Zealand and internationally. Her work is held in public and private collections and she has been the recipient of artist residencies. Batchelor holds a Master of Fine Arts (2010) from Whitecliffe College of Arts and Design, Auckland, New Zealand.

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Director Statement

Denise Batchelor is a visual artist based in the Hokianga, in the far north of New Zealand. Working primarily in digital media, both still and moving image, Batchelor’s work reflects personal encounters within nature; engagements of quiet reflection within which deeper connections can be experienced.
Capturing moments that simultaneously embrace the familiar, yet reflect the overlooked or unnoticed, her work also explores the relationship between time and place. Responding to site-specific environments, Batchelor creates works of contemplation, offering the viewer access to an interstitial space between movement and stillness.