%0 Article, E-Article %A Reese, Abbie %I Intellect %D 2012 %D 2012 %G English %@ 1751-4193 %@ 1751-4207 %~ adlr.link - Literatur für Kommunikations- und Medienwissenschaftler %T Silence observed in the Jesus cage %V 5 %J Soundtrack, The %V 5 %N 2 %P 165-171 %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1386/st.5.2.165_1 %X Abstract From nine years of research and hundreds of hours of video footage, audio interviews, and still photographs, Chosen (Custody of the Eyes) is Abbie’s feature-length documentary-in-progress focusing on one woman: Heather, evolving over time, from one identity to another – Sister Amata – as she integrates into a religious order that follows an ancient rule. Chosen is a collaborative endeavour; Abbie lent HD video cameras to Heather/Sister Amata, a painter and former blogger, and to the nuns. Set within the enclosed community, Chosen (Custody of the Eyes) tracks the nuns’ public and private performances in a highly ritualistic space – a rich material culture focused on the spiritual realm; the liminal phase that is the process of becoming (Heather attempting to construct a new individual and cultural identity, and becoming Sister Amata); the belief that one is ‘chosen’ and questions of fate and agency; and the certainty of adopting the rigid lifestyle of an ancient rule, contrasted by the nuns’ acceptance that they will not know the results of their sacrifice until the afterlife. %Z https://katalog.adlr.link/Record/ai-49-aHR0cDovL2R4LmRvaS5vcmcvMTAuMTM4Ni9zdC41LjIuMTY1XzE %U https://katalog.adlr.link/Record/ai-49-aHR0cDovL2R4LmRvaS5vcmcvMTAuMTM4Ni9zdC41LjIuMTY1XzE