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The Sight is a Wound

Synopsis

"The Sight is a Wound" confronts the impossibility of image-making in the face of genocide. Through the burning of over 50 paintings, the film interrogates the ethical failure of aesthetics, where witnessing collapses into complicity. It is an act of refusal—excavating absence, exhaustion, and the limits of representation.
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Details

Year
2025
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
6 min 48 sec
Format
digital
Director
Parham Ghalamdar
Producer
Parham Ghalamdar
Director of Photography
Dean Casper

Genre

Experimental Human Rights

Categories

Artist Project and Video / Experimental

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Parham Ghalamdar

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