ΧωρΓς ΤΓτλο (οριζΓΌντιο/κΓθετο)
In these two black and white silent films the camera moves (in one case horizontally from room to room and in the other case vertically from floor to floor) across two purpose built architectural models.
“Horizontal sliding” presents a traditional 19th century apartment in which the bright light intensifies the atmosphere of decay, the feeling of absence and loss and, as the film progresses, recalls the past’s relationship to the present.
“Vertical Sliding” presents the corridors in a hotel with floral wallpaper and carpets referring to the isolated hotel in Stanley Kubricks “The Shining”. The open and shut doors and the intense contrast of lighted and dark spaces create the feeling of the uncanny.
Through the continuous movement of the camera the sense of time is firmly connected with the sense of space, which obtains a psychological and at the same time metaphysical dimension.
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