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Paper short abstract:

The wrack floating at the edges of the tides both powers and indexes the consumerism of the postmodern political economy; taking the wrack as collage, writ both small and large, we present a live narration of cut and pasted moving AV media.

Paper long abstract:

We view the impending anthropogenic catastrophe from a front row seat here in Savannah, Georgia. The ocean, the Savannah River, and the intracoastal waterways border and wend throughout the city; not a day goes by that we do not see the tidal waters rise and retreat, bringing with them messages in the form of animals, algaes, microplastics, and chemical traces from afar. Over the last few years, we have experienced mandatory evacuations, fleeing from hurricane force winds and rising waves. The Savannah River, meanwhile, has been dredged and deepened to connect one of the largest ports in the United States with other international seaposts; cargo ships floating the river dwarf every building; their monstrous scale and digital horns driven by a national infrastructure focused on commodity consumerism. The wrack floating at the edges of the tides both brings and indexes the consumerism that a postmodern political economy requires; taking the wrack as collage writ both small and large, we present a live narration of cut and pasted moving AV media.