(Dis)possessions
Chloé Galibert-Laîné presents:
«Life Without Dreams» by Jessica Bardsley
Kevin B. Lee presents:
«Michael Ironside and I» by Marian Mayland
Johannes Binotto presents:
«Le mystère des roches de Kador» by Léonce Perret
Podcast discussion on Exhibition 3
Does the viewer possess the film or does the film possess the viewer? Is the viewer’s experience of dispossession nothing but the dissociation that is generated by film editing? Does this dissociation amount to the consciousness of using a medium?
Can a video essay emancipate from its being directed to existing objects (footage) and be directed to the (typically cinematographic) ungraspable objects, such as dreams or traumas?
Should a video essay always create an argument, provide evidences and possess the interpretation of its images? Or could it rather plant questions, exhibit its vulnerability?
These and other questions punctuate the inspiring podcast discussion between the three curators of third exhibition of Filmexplorer’s Video Essay Gallery: Chloé Galibert-Laîné, Kevin B. Lee and Johannes Binotto.
This article contains a third-party video. If you would like to watch the video, please adjust your settings.
