In Departure, S.J. Ramir explores both emotional and geographical landscapes of isolation. Using visual distortion as a tool, and accompanied by uneasy sound tracks, he creates a world where emptiness and mystery permeate from each frame.
Also in this combined programme
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Our Voices Are Mute
Second part of a New Zealand video diptych that portrays a slow motion journey through a grainy metaphysical landscape. -
This Is Not an Anchor, This Boat Is Not an Anchor
A misty boat trip evokes both oppression and liberation through disorientation. -
Buoy
Once, this area (Death Valley, California) was below sea level. Now the artist guides us through it like a slowly moving buoy. -
The Seasons
Another breathtaking experimental composition of picture and sound by film maker Makino Takashi and musician Jim O’Rourke. -
Pinhole Flames
Pure light captured with pinhole photography on the celluloid of a role of Super8 film
Film details
- Country of production
- New Zealand
- Year
- 2007
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2009
- Length
- 3'
- Medium/Format
- Mini DV PAL
