New York (Southstreet Seaport / Staten Island Ferry)

  • 15'
  • Netherlands
  • 2001
For film-maker Jem Cohen, virtuoso with 8mm and 16mm celluloid, the commission from Rotterdam provided his first opportunity to get to know about working with digital video. He focused his attention on recent developments around the New York South Street Seaport, a traditional port area where the harbour activities have disappeared to be replaced by an artificial harbour as tourist attraction. Cohen wants to question the worldwide tendency to change any potential tourist location into a theme park. Without wanting to be didactic, he wants to provide an impression of replacing historic places by an artificial replica, a false notion of history. (GjZ)Jem Cohen (1962) lives in New York and works in independent theatre. His work (films, videos and installations) swings between experiment, documentary and narrative fiction.
  • 15'
  • Netherlands
  • 2001
Director
Jem Cohen
Premiere
World premiere
Country of production
Netherlands
Year
2001
Festival Edition
IFFR 2001
Length
15'
Medium
Betacam SP PAL
Language
English
Producers
De Productie, International Film Festival Rotterdam
Sales
International Film Festival Rotterdam
Cinematography
Jem Cohen
Editor
Jem Cohen
Sound Design
Jem Cohen
Director
Jem Cohen
Premiere
World premiere
Country of production
Netherlands
Year
2001
Festival Edition
IFFR 2001
Length
15'
Medium
Betacam SP PAL
Language
English
Producers
De Productie, International Film Festival Rotterdam
Sales
International Film Festival Rotterdam
Cinematography
Jem Cohen
Editor
Jem Cohen
Sound Design
Jem Cohen