A trio of artefacts, gathered sequentially, in three schools: Cleveland, Los Angeles and Fallujah. Three kinds of collections, three embedded reporters, three chronological presentations.
‘The Database represents the world as a list of items, and it refuses to order this list. In contrast, a narrative creates a cause-and-effect trajectory of seemingly unordered items (events). Therefore, database and narrative are natural enemies.’ (Lev Manovich)
Also in this combined programme
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Great American Desert
Second part of a trilogy of experimental films, called Afflicted States, made in response to the changed social and political environment in the West
Film details
- Country of production
- Canada
- Year
- 2008
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2008
- Length
- 52'
- Medium/Format
- DV cam NTSC
