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| Made one
year after SARS crisis, the video re-visits the
images collected from the Toronto and the
international media. Through all black and white
re-photographed pictures, all we can see is the
darkness of a time passed, a city under panic
attack, politicians scrambling for words, physicians
looking for remedies, citizens living in a state of
fear, distrust, paranoia and shame. How are we to
make from those few months that seemed to last
forever? As if we were in the dark ages, at the
time we thought we would never come out of it again.
The video, by portraying the weakness in the human nature, looks at the hysteria created by technology in our contemporary world. If the media is the message, the video questions its biases and truthfulness? In order to create this uncomfortable time, the video is purposely made in total silences to reveal the sense of self-doubt, disgust and the feeling of almost approaching a state of abjection. Using video technology but referencing the languages of experimental films, In the Dark also pays homage to the avant-garde filmmaker Stan Brakhage (1933 - 2003), who passed away about the same time as the SARS oubreak. |
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Filmed
in Mini-DV 2004 Edited on DV Total running time: 6:00 minutes B/W and sound Audio by Shawn Hansen & Ho Tam Written by Ho Tam Clip length: 00:28.29 seconds
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