TWENTYTИƎWT (二〇二〇)
Research output: Creative and Literary Works in Non - textual Form › RGC 43 - Film, video
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Original language | English |
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Media of output | Film |
Publication status | Published - 15 May 2023 |
Exhibition
Title | Relentless Melt No. 26: New Animated Abstractions |
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Location | Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre |
Place | Hong Kong |
City | Kowloon |
Period | 15 May 2023 |
Link(s)
Permanent Link | https://scholars.cityu.edu.hk/en/publications/publication(b710dc55-8a6e-4eab-9cca-1f81be3eaa82).html |
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Abstract
Shot entirely from an apartment on the 36th floor of a high-rise building, the images in this experimental stereoscopic animation survey large parts of Hong Kong’s cityscape. Using an extreme distance of up to two meters between two synchronised cameras capturing the stereoscopic scenes, the recipient’s interocular distance is widened, making the viewer a giant and the city a miniature. Shooting with two cameras so far apart results in much greater depth perception at far distances, making buildings appear like cardboard cut-outs or dollhouses. This expanded stereoscopic approach creates a strong defamiliarisation, through which the city is reconfigured for the viewer, drawing attention to the individual lives hidden inside its buildings - together alone, collectively sequestered. Initially recorded in 2020 and completed in 2023 with the advantage of critical distance, the film attempts to encapsulate the darkness, confinement, and uncertainty of the year 2020.
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Citation Format(s)
TWENTYTИƎWT (二〇二〇). Hattler, Max (Director). 2023. Event details: Relentless Melt No. 26: New Animated Abstractions, Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Research output: Creative and Literary Works in Non - textual Form › RGC 43 - Film, video