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Constant

Still from 'Constant', directed by Sasha Litvintseva and Beny Wagner, 2022, courtesy of the artists

Synopsis

A journey through the social and political histories of measurement. Traversing three chapters in this history: the land surveying that drove Early Modern European land privatization, the French Revolution that drove the Metric Revolution, and the conceptual dematerialisation of measurement in the contemporary era of Big Science.
Official Selection IndieLisboa International Independent Film Festival 2022 - Winner, Silvestre Award

Details

Year: 2021
Type of film: Shorts
Running time: 40 min
Format: 2K
Director: Sasha Litvintseva, Beny Wagner
Producer: Guillaume Cailleau, Sasha Litvintseva, Beny Wagner
Editor: Sasha Litvintseva, Beny Wagner
Screenwriter: Sasha Litvintseva, Beny Wagner
Director of Photography: Sasha Litvintseva
Sound: Beny Wagner
Music: dead hand, Beny Wagner
Principal cast: Cynthia Beatt

Genre

Experimental Climate / Environment Science

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Sasha Litvintseva

sashalitvintseva@gmail.com

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