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Inspired by a newspaper article about the plight of monarch butterflies, using found footage from four different sources, I edited, optically-printed, superimposed, scratched on, bleached and otherwise altered the film to highlight, lament and challenge the monarch butterflies’ dilemma. –Caryn Cline
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