Vito Acconci, Joan Jonas, Chris Burden… Frank Cole? Yes, with this movie Cole emerges as a performance artist extraordinaire. His body, like theirs, is a machine for producing pictures. A Life is Cole’s nearly wordless performance for the camera, with Cole back-and-forthing between a horizon-less Sahara and a room that contains only a desk and a bed. Figure and ground mash-up in a duet that sends his grandfather’s ashes scattered across a continent to create a newly emptied world. The long road of grieving brings him a burning car, a new tattoo and a long snake duet.
Film details
- Country of production
- Canada
- Year
- 1986
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2010
- Length
- 75'
- Medium/Format
- 16mm
