On the 13th of each month, hundreds of people gather at a site in the Mojave Desert to see visions of the Virgin Mary appear in the sun. As in her previous feature, Horne explores both the material and ideological means and meanings of these public rituals and spiritual transformations.
Also in this combined programme
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Dawn
A face and a streetlamp in the background, flashing on and off. We produce the motion in between the frames ourselves.
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Affection exonérante
A heliocentric, obsessive mediation about our natural source of light. Shot with a cell phone.
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They Shine
The Mojave desert. Endless rows of solar mirrors slowly revolve, reflecting their surroundings. A voice recounts local stories.
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12 Explosionen
Twelve times Johann Lurf sets off firework in the nocturnal streets: cheerful images without words.
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1859
A meditation on light, filtered through a Fresnel lense, which can ignite objects on contact. ‘LSD is illegal, 1859 is not.’
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SHU
Shot in 2004, SHU shows an isolated high-security prison in the Californian Mojave Desert at the time of the Blue Hour.
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Easter Morning
A hypnotic blur of colour and multiple exposures. The last completed film of the legendary Conner, with music by Terry Riley.
Film details
- Country of production
- USA
- Year
- 2008
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2009
- Length
- 6"
- Medium/Format
- Mini DV NTSC
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