4 Waters - Deep Implicancy
Synopsis
One such story we follow is water, both as it phases transitions with and into other matter including life, but also as it combines disparate geographies, bodies of/in water, and four islands within them – Lesvos, Haiti, Marshall Islands, Tiwi.
Through a series of experimental migrations and elemental crossings we begin to question the form of the universal human, its calcified and exceptional origins, and in particular its ethical program. Wandering and wondering through a transformative figuring of justice, we ask, what if our image of the world recalled phase instead of measure? And what becomes of ethics if we let go of value? (Arjuna Neuman, Denise Ferreira da Silva)
Official Selection Berlinale 2019 - Forum Expanded Exhibition - Group Exhibition at Betonhalle - World premiere
Details
- Year
- 2019
- Type of project
- Shorts
- Running time
- 31 mins (Single-channel Video Installation)
- Format
- Single-channel video installation
- Director
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Denise Ferreira da Silva, Arjuna Neuman
- Producer
- Denise Ferreira da Silva, Arjuna Neuman
- Editor
- Denise Ferreira da Silva, Arjuna Neuman
- Director of Photography
- Denise Ferreira da Silva, Arjuna Neuman
Genre
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Production Status
Production Company
Produced with the support of Arts Council England (UK), Hannah Barry Gallery (UK), and the University of British Columbia Social Justice Institute (GRSJ) (CA) and the Critical and Creative Social Justice Studies Research Excellence Cluster (CA)
Arjuna Neuman
Denise Ferreira da Silva
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