Overview of articles
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L’invention du désert
‘Humans have been our parents, our shepherds, and finally our obsolete children’. Sketch of an eery post-human landscape that looks suspiciously likePublished on: -
Swimming in Your Skin Again
Intensely musical film about the spiritual anchorages of life in and around Miami. Drenched in the heat, spirit and landscape of Southern Florida.Published on: -
We, in the Year 2000
We, in the Year 2000 deconstructs a 1970s childhood propaganda song, which was written to ‘announce’ the prospect of a brighter socialist future in thPublished on: -
Philosopher’s Walk on the Sublime
During a serious mountain hike, a group of intellectuals debate the concept of the sublime. When words fail, the camera comes to the rescue.Published on: -
Mined Soil
Alentejo, Guinea-Bissau and Cabral are intertwined in definitions of soil as a repository of exploitation, crisis, arsenal, treasure and palimpsest.Published on: -
Sightings: Habitat
Ratté bring depth to the otherwise flat surface of the video screen by intricately layering a series of moirés and checkerboards.Published on: -
The Innocents
Elegant and enigmatic video that examines the complex associations between found photos, the re-enactment of a Truman Capote documentary and Super-8 aPublished on: -
A Story of Creation
A gleefully disjointed, merrily nonsensical animation that plays at times like a truly perverse take on The Little Mole.Published on: -
Speaking into the Air
Long before digitization, radio hams communicated with friends all over the world. In a basement, an old Canadian stubbornly keeps trying to make contPublished on: -
Black Rain White Scars
An unprepossessing cityscape is recorded in one long, uninterrupted take. Nothing happens, yet so much happens. The sky becomes dark, with a sense ofPublished on: