Monitor

Maurice van Tellingen | Netherlands | 1999 |

| IFFR 2006

Van Tellingen is fascinated by the tension between the actual state of things and expectation. For example, a surveillance camera filming an empty room. Or a transmission taking place without any apparent result, a fan that revolves endlessly, a clock running… His urge to emphasise these ’empty’ moments can be attributed to a society in which we are exposed to an endless stream of information and constant interactions.

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