Pearl
2016 · 3m
Directed by Zachary Loren Jones
Genres: comedy, experimental
Tones: absurdist, humorous, surreal
Pearl Janine Sleckman introduces herself: 'My name is Pearl Janine Sleckman. There's a lot to know about me but not much time.' A character portrait assembled from Fiverr talent, 3D Warehouse models, and Freesound audio.
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Zachary Loren Jones built a whole person out of Fiverr bits and gave her a name and a backstory and 'not much time' — it's a short film about personhood made from outsourced internet labor.
A character portrait of Pearl Janine Sleckman assembled from Fiverr talent, 3D Warehouse models, and Freesound — building a person out of internet detritus is a sharply contemporary conceptual gesture, and Zachary Loren Jones has a real voice in this register.
Protagonist sourced from Fiverr, models from Google 3D Warehouse, sounds from Freesound — a character built entirely from internet detritus. That's the conceit and execution rolled into one, and Zachary Loren Jones has the sensibility for it.