975 lines
33 KiB
HTML
975 lines
33 KiB
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html>
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<html lang="en">
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<head>
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<meta charset="UTF-8">
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<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
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<title>Cineasthesia — Story, Shelter, Healing</title>
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<meta name="description" content="Cineasthesia — the creative practice of Elle Sam. Film, immersive art, neuroaesthetics, and climate-resilient housing across the Black diaspora.">
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<link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com">
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<link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.gstatic.com" crossorigin>
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<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Bebas+Neue&family=Inter:wght@300;400;500;600&family=Cormorant+Garamond:ital,wght@0,400;0,600;1,400&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">
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<style>
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:root {
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--earth: #3C2415;
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--earth-light: #6B4226;
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--sand: #F5EDE0;
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--sand-dark: #E8DBC8;
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--gold: #C68B3F;
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--gold-light: #D4A55A;
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--green: #4A6741;
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--green-dark: #2D3E28;
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--text-dark: #1a1a1a;
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--text-body: #3d3630;
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--text-muted: #7a6f64;
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--midnight: #0a0a0f;
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}
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* { margin: 0; padding: 0; box-sizing: border-box; }
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html { scroll-behavior: smooth; }
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body {
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font-family: 'Inter', sans-serif;
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background: var(--sand);
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color: var(--text-body);
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overflow-x: hidden;
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line-height: 1.7;
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}
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/* NAV */
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nav {
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position: fixed;
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top: 0; left: 0; right: 0;
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z-index: 100;
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padding: 1.2rem 2rem;
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display: flex;
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justify-content: space-between;
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align-items: center;
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transition: all 0.4s;
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}
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nav.scrolled {
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background: rgba(10, 10, 15, 0.95);
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backdrop-filter: blur(10px);
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padding: 0.8rem 2rem;
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}
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.nav-logo {
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font-family: 'Bebas Neue', sans-serif;
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font-size: 1.3rem;
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letter-spacing: 0.2em;
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color: var(--sand);
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}
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.nav-links {
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display: flex;
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gap: 2rem;
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list-style: none;
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}
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.nav-links a {
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color: var(--sand);
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text-decoration: none;
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font-size: 0.75rem;
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letter-spacing: 0.15em;
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text-transform: uppercase;
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opacity: 0.8;
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transition: opacity 0.3s;
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}
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.nav-links a:hover { opacity: 1; }
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.nav-toggle {
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display: none;
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background: none;
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border: none;
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cursor: pointer;
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}
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.nav-toggle span {
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display: block;
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width: 22px;
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height: 2px;
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background: var(--sand);
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margin: 5px 0;
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transition: 0.3s;
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}
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/* HERO */
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.hero {
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position: relative;
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min-height: 100vh;
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display: flex;
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align-items: center;
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justify-content: center;
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text-align: center;
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padding: 6rem 2rem;
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background:
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linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(10,10,15,0.4) 0%, rgba(10,10,15,0.7) 100%),
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url('img/hero-landscape.jpg') center center / cover no-repeat;
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}
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.hero-content {
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max-width: 800px;
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}
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.hero-title {
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font-family: 'Bebas Neue', sans-serif;
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font-size: clamp(4rem, 12vw, 9rem);
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letter-spacing: 0.25em;
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color: var(--sand);
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line-height: 0.9;
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margin-bottom: 1.5rem;
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}
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.hero-subtitle {
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font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond', serif;
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font-size: clamp(1.1rem, 2.5vw, 1.5rem);
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font-style: italic;
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color: rgba(245, 237, 224, 0.7);
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margin-bottom: 2.5rem;
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line-height: 1.6;
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}
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.hero-nav-links {
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display: flex;
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justify-content: center;
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gap: 1.5rem;
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flex-wrap: wrap;
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}
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.hero-nav-links a {
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color: var(--gold);
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text-decoration: none;
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font-size: 0.8rem;
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letter-spacing: 0.15em;
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text-transform: uppercase;
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padding: 0.7rem 2rem;
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border: 1px solid rgba(198, 139, 63, 0.4);
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transition: all 0.3s;
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}
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.hero-nav-links a:hover {
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background: rgba(198, 139, 63, 0.15);
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border-color: var(--gold);
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}
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/* SECTIONS */
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section { padding: 7rem 2rem; }
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.inner { max-width: 1000px; margin: 0 auto; }
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.section-label {
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font-size: 0.7rem;
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letter-spacing: 0.2em;
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text-transform: uppercase;
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color: var(--gold);
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margin-bottom: 0.5rem;
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}
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.section-title {
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font-family: 'Bebas Neue', sans-serif;
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font-size: clamp(2rem, 4vw, 3rem);
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letter-spacing: 0.06em;
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color: var(--earth);
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margin-bottom: 2rem;
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}
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.divider {
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max-width: 1000px;
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margin: 0 auto;
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height: 1px;
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background: rgba(60, 36, 21, 0.1);
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}
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/* PROJECT CARDS */
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.projects-section { background: var(--sand); }
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.project-card {
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display: grid;
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grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;
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gap: 4rem;
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align-items: center;
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margin-bottom: 5rem;
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}
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.project-card:last-child { margin-bottom: 0; }
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.project-card.reverse .project-image { order: 2; }
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.project-card.reverse .project-info { order: 1; }
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.project-image {
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position: relative;
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overflow: hidden;
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}
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.project-image img {
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width: 100%;
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height: auto;
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aspect-ratio: 4/3;
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object-fit: cover;
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}
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.project-image .project-tag {
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position: absolute;
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bottom: 1rem;
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left: 1rem;
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background: rgba(10, 10, 15, 0.85);
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color: var(--gold);
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font-size: 0.65rem;
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letter-spacing: 0.15em;
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text-transform: uppercase;
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padding: 0.4rem 0.8rem;
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}
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.project-info h3 {
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font-family: 'Bebas Neue', sans-serif;
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font-size: 2rem;
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letter-spacing: 0.06em;
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color: var(--earth);
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margin-bottom: 1rem;
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}
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.project-info p {
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font-size: 0.95rem;
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color: var(--text-body);
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line-height: 1.8;
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margin-bottom: 1rem;
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}
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.project-info .quote {
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font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond', serif;
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font-size: 1.1rem;
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font-style: italic;
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color: var(--earth-light);
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border-left: 2px solid var(--gold);
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padding-left: 1.2rem;
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margin: 1.5rem 0;
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line-height: 1.6;
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}
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.sensory-tags {
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display: flex;
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flex-wrap: wrap;
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gap: 0.5rem;
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margin-top: 1rem;
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}
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.sensory-tag {
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font-size: 0.65rem;
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letter-spacing: 0.1em;
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text-transform: uppercase;
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padding: 0.35rem 0.8rem;
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border: 1px solid rgba(198, 139, 63, 0.4);
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color: var(--gold);
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}
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/* INSTALLATIONS */
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.installations-section {
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background: var(--midnight);
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color: var(--sand);
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}
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.installations-section .section-label { color: var(--gold-light); }
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.installations-section .section-title { color: var(--sand); }
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.installations-intro {
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font-size: 1rem;
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color: rgba(245, 237, 224, 0.75);
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line-height: 1.8;
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max-width: 800px;
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margin-bottom: 3rem;
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}
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.installations-grid {
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display: grid;
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grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;
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gap: 1.5rem;
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}
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.installation-item {
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position: relative;
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overflow: hidden;
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}
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.installation-item img {
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width: 100%;
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height: 350px;
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object-fit: cover;
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transition: transform 0.5s ease;
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}
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.installation-item:hover img {
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transform: scale(1.03);
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}
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.installation-caption {
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position: absolute;
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bottom: 0;
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left: 0;
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right: 0;
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padding: 1.5rem 1rem 1rem;
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background: linear-gradient(transparent, rgba(10, 10, 15, 0.85));
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}
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.installation-caption h4 {
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font-family: 'Bebas Neue', sans-serif;
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font-size: 1.2rem;
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letter-spacing: 0.08em;
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color: var(--sand);
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margin-bottom: 0.2rem;
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}
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.installation-caption p {
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font-size: 0.7rem;
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letter-spacing: 0.1em;
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text-transform: uppercase;
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color: var(--gold-light);
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}
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/* ABOUT — dark section */
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.about-section {
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background: var(--midnight);
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color: var(--sand);
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}
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.about-section .section-label { color: var(--gold-light); }
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.about-section .section-title { color: var(--sand); }
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.about-grid {
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display: flex;
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gap: 4rem;
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align-items: center;
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}
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.about-photo {
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flex: 0 0 280px;
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height: 380px;
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object-fit: cover;
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filter: grayscale(0.15);
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}
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.about-info { flex: 1; }
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.about-name {
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font-family: 'Bebas Neue', sans-serif;
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font-size: 2rem;
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letter-spacing: 0.06em;
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color: var(--sand);
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margin-bottom: 0.3rem;
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}
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.about-role {
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font-size: 0.8rem;
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color: var(--gold);
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letter-spacing: 0.1em;
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text-transform: uppercase;
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margin-bottom: 1.5rem;
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}
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.about-bio {
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font-size: 0.95rem;
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color: rgba(245, 237, 224, 0.75);
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line-height: 1.8;
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margin-bottom: 1rem;
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}
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/* FILM & TV */
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.filmtv-section {
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background: var(--sand-dark);
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}
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.filmtv-grid {
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display: grid;
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grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr);
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gap: 2rem;
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margin-top: 2.5rem;
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}
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.filmtv-card {
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background: white;
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padding: 2rem 1.5rem;
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border-bottom: 3px solid var(--gold);
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}
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.filmtv-card h3 {
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font-family: 'Bebas Neue', sans-serif;
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font-size: 1.4rem;
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letter-spacing: 0.04em;
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color: var(--earth);
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margin-bottom: 0.3rem;
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}
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.filmtv-card .credit-meta {
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font-size: 0.7rem;
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letter-spacing: 0.1em;
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text-transform: uppercase;
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color: var(--gold);
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margin-bottom: 1rem;
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}
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.filmtv-card p {
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font-size: 0.9rem;
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color: var(--text-body);
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line-height: 1.7;
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}
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.filmtv-card .award {
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display: inline-block;
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margin-top: 0.8rem;
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font-size: 0.7rem;
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letter-spacing: 0.08em;
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text-transform: uppercase;
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color: var(--earth-light);
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padding: 0.3rem 0.7rem;
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border: 1px solid rgba(60, 36, 21, 0.2);
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}
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/* OUT THE BOX */
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.otb-section {
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background: var(--earth);
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color: var(--sand);
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}
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.otb-section .section-label { color: var(--gold-light); }
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.otb-section .section-title { color: var(--sand); }
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.otb-text {
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font-size: 1rem;
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color: rgba(245, 237, 224, 0.75);
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line-height: 1.8;
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max-width: 800px;
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margin-bottom: 1.5rem;
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}
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.otb-quote {
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font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond', serif;
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font-size: clamp(1.2rem, 2.5vw, 1.6rem);
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font-style: italic;
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color: var(--gold-light);
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max-width: 700px;
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margin: 2.5rem 0;
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line-height: 1.5;
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}
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/* CONTACT */
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.contact-section { background: var(--sand); }
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.contact-grid {
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display: grid;
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grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;
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gap: 4rem;
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align-items: start;
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}
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.contact-intro h3 {
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font-family: 'Bebas Neue', sans-serif;
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font-size: 1.6rem;
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letter-spacing: 0.06em;
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color: var(--earth);
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margin-bottom: 1rem;
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}
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.contact-intro p {
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font-size: 0.95rem;
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color: var(--text-body);
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line-height: 1.8;
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margin-bottom: 1rem;
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}
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.contact-form {
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display: flex;
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flex-direction: column;
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gap: 1.2rem;
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}
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.contact-form label {
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font-size: 0.7rem;
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letter-spacing: 0.15em;
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text-transform: uppercase;
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color: var(--text-muted);
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margin-bottom: 0.3rem;
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display: block;
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}
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.contact-form input,
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.contact-form textarea {
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width: 100%;
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padding: 0.8rem 1rem;
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border: 1px solid rgba(60, 36, 21, 0.2);
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background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5);
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font-family: 'Inter', sans-serif;
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font-size: 0.9rem;
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color: var(--text-body);
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transition: border-color 0.3s;
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outline: none;
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}
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.contact-form input:focus,
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.contact-form textarea:focus {
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border-color: var(--gold);
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}
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.contact-form textarea {
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min-height: 140px;
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resize: vertical;
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}
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.contact-form button {
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align-self: flex-start;
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background: var(--earth);
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color: var(--gold);
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border: 1px solid var(--gold);
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padding: 0.8rem 2.5rem;
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font-family: 'Inter', sans-serif;
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font-size: 0.8rem;
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letter-spacing: 0.15em;
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text-transform: uppercase;
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cursor: pointer;
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transition: all 0.3s;
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}
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.contact-form button:hover {
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background: var(--earth-light);
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}
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.form-status {
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font-size: 0.85rem;
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padding: 0.8rem 1rem;
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display: none;
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}
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.form-status.success {
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display: block;
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background: rgba(74, 103, 65, 0.1);
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color: var(--green);
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border: 1px solid rgba(74, 103, 65, 0.3);
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}
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.form-status.error {
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display: block;
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background: rgba(180, 60, 60, 0.1);
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color: #8B3A3A;
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border: 1px solid rgba(180, 60, 60, 0.3);
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}
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/* FOOTER */
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footer {
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background: var(--midnight);
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padding: 3rem 2rem 2rem;
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text-align: center;
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color: var(--sand);
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}
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.footer-logo {
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font-family: 'Bebas Neue', sans-serif;
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font-size: 1.3rem;
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letter-spacing: 0.25em;
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margin-bottom: 0.5rem;
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}
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.footer-tagline {
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font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond', serif;
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font-style: italic;
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font-size: 0.95rem;
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<div class="nav-logo">CINEASTHESIA</div>
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<li><a href="#installations">Installations</a></li>
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<li><a href="#filmtv">Film & TV</a></li>
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<li><a href="#about">ELLE</a></li>
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<h1 class="hero-title">CINEASTHESIA</h1>
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<p class="hero-subtitle">Film, immersive art, and neuroaesthetics across the Black diaspora — bridging indigenous healing traditions with the technology of today.</p>
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<a href="#projects">Explore the Work</a>
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<a href="#contact">Get in Touch</a>
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<h2 class="section-title">The Work</h2>
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<span class="project-tag">Film · Narrative</span>
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<h3>The Last Draw</h3>
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<p><em>The Last Draw</em> is a grounded near-future narrative set in Mim, Ghana — following a family living under ecological pressure and lottery-based survival. The story gives the work its emotional life and human stakes, centering the act of dwelling as itself a narrative act.</p>
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<p>Imagined through Black diasporic epistemology, the film explores what becomes visible when future habitation is grounded in land, culture, pressure, and daily life — red earth, water edges, agricultural rhythm, quarry conditions, and the settlement patterns that shape how people live, move, and remain in place.</p>
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<div class="quote">“What would housing look like if it were designed to heal? And what stories do we need to tell to build that world?”</div>
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<span class="project-tag">Immersive · Multisensory</span>
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<h3>HOME</h3>
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<p><em>HOME</em> is a mobile immersive art installation and fire-proof housing prototype that uses neuroaesthetic research to activate specific neurological responses — lowering cortisol, stimulating oxytocin and dopamine pathways, inviting the body back into safety.</p>
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<p>Drawing from Alice Walker’s radical tenderness and Audre Lorde’s framing of self-care as political resistance, HOME destigmatizes play, rest, and joy for people who may be in survival mode. The installation travels to working-class neighborhoods across the United States, the Black diaspora, and continental Africa.</p>
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<p>Each sensory chamber engages visitors through interconnected modalities:</p>
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<span class="sensory-tag">Film</span>
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<span class="sensory-tag">Sound Frequency</span>
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<span class="sensory-tag">Bass Vibrations</span>
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<span class="sensory-tag">Volumetric Lasers</span>
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<span class="sensory-tag">Oral Storytelling</span>
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<span class="sensory-tag">Cinemagraphs</span>
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<span class="sensory-tag">Scent</span>
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<div class="quote" style="margin-top: 1.5rem;">“How can we create both an externalized nervous system through design technology and an internalized nervous regulator through story and somatic sensory experiencing — linking the knowledge and ancient tech that has always been there to the technology of today?”</div>
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<p class="section-label">Exhibits</p>
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<h2 class="section-title">Interactive Art Installations</h2>
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<p class="installations-intro">Elle’s immersive installations use volumetric light, sacred geometry, UV-reactive environments, and sound frequency to create spaces where visitors don’t just observe — they participate. Each installation is designed using neuroaesthetic principles to activate embodied memory, lower cortisol, and invite the body back into safety and play.</p>
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<img src="img/chroma-1.jpg" alt="Chroma — sacred geometry light panel" loading="lazy">
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<h4>Chroma</h4>
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<p>Sacred Geometry · Light</p>
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<img src="img/chroma-2.jpg" alt="Chroma — volumetric projection ceremony" loading="lazy">
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<h4>Chroma</h4>
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<p>Volumetric Projection · Ceremony</p>
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<img src="img/chroma-3.jpg" alt="Chroma — blue laser light installation" loading="lazy">
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<h4>Chroma</h4>
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<p>Laser · Immersion</p>
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<img src="img/sankofa-accra.jpg" alt="Sankofa — UV-reactive installation in Accra" loading="lazy">
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<h4>Sankofa</h4>
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<p>Accra · UV-Reactive Environment</p>
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<p class="section-text">Elle’s screen work spans award-winning shorts, studio series, and projects in development — each centering stories of neurodiversity, identity, diaspora, and resilience.</p>
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<h3>Black Boy Joy</h3>
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<p class="credit-meta">Writer · Short Film</p>
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<p>A 12-minute introspective about two generations of Black men raising a young son with autism, navigating loss and adaptation with tenderness and humor.</p>
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<span class="award">NAACP Image Award — Best Live Action Short</span>
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<h3>As We See It</h3>
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<p class="credit-meta">Writer · Amazon</p>
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<p>Jason Katims’ series based on the Israeli show <em>On The Spectrum</em>, following young adults on the autism spectrum as they navigate the world, relationships, and independence.</p>
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<h3>Missed Connections</h3>
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<p class="credit-meta">Writer & Director · KweliTV / CFMDC</p>
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<p>A short film developed in collaboration with the GLAAD Transgender Media Equality Program, exploring identity and connection across difference.</p>
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<span class="award">Audience Award — TranScreen Amsterdam</span>
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<h2 class="section-title">Elle Sam</h2>
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<h3 class="about-name">Michelle “ELLE” Sam</h3>
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<p class="about-role">Storyteller · Filmmaker · Medicinal Healer · Multimedia Artist</p>
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<p class="about-bio">Elle Sam is a storyteller across different mediums — film, immersive art, interactive installation, writing, and oral tradition. An award-winning filmmaker, multimedia artist, and medicinal healer of Ghanaian descent within the Fante, Akwapim, and Bwiti traditions, she holds a B.A. from Rice University in Visual and Dramatic Arts, Sociology, and Neuroscience.</p>
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<p class="about-bio">Elle works with various indigenous healing modalities, carrying a deep connection to land and lineage through her practice — a relationship that anchors her work across disciplines. From neuroaesthetic art installations that lower cortisol and activate joy, to ceremonial storytelling rooted in West African tradition, her work treats healing and creative expression as inseparable.</p>
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<p class="about-bio">She was a speaker at TEDxAccra’s Chale Talks and has feature and series projects in development with several major studios. Her practice bridges indigenous healing traditions, neuroaesthetics, and multimedia narrative — the convergence at the heart of Cineasthesia.</p>
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<div class="reveal">
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<p class="otb-text">Started by Mike Abrantie Boakye and Michelle Sam, Out the Box Creative Group is a group of young creatives, diverse in backgrounds and disciplines, devoted to developing content that speaks for more than just the outright majority. They represent the idea of challenging what modern society deems to be the status quo.</p>
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<p class="otb-text">The collective operates at the intersection of storytelling, community development, and cultural preservation — producing immersive experiences, film projects, and collaborative works that travel between continental Africa and the global diaspora.</p>
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<p style="margin-top: 2rem;"><a href="https://outtheboxcg.com" target="_blank" style="display: inline-block; color: var(--gold-light); text-decoration: none; font-size: 0.8rem; letter-spacing: 0.15em; text-transform: uppercase; padding: 0.8rem 2.5rem; border: 1px solid rgba(212, 165, 90, 0.4); transition: all 0.3s;" onmouseover="this.style.background='rgba(212,165,90,0.15)';this.style.borderColor='#D4A55A'" onmouseout="this.style.background='transparent';this.style.borderColor='rgba(212,165,90,0.4)'">Check Out the Collective</a></p>
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<p>Interested in collaborations, screenings, installations, press inquiries, or community partnerships? We’d love to hear from you.</p>
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<p>Whether you’re a fellow artist, curator, community organizer, funder, or just someone moved by the work — reach out.</p>
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<p class="footer-tagline">Story, shelter, healing — across the Black diaspora and continental Africa.</p>
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