Anteroom of the Real
14:28 min, color, silent, 2011
The film takes its starting point in the deserted town of Pripyat, located within the zone of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. A pair of hands flip slowly through a pile of photographs: images of a model of Reactor 4, buildings in Pripyat, books in deserted offices, empty rooms, trashed interiors, pictures of a TV monitor showing a documentary about Chernobyl, etc. As the timelines of the still and moving images intersect, the film raises questions about what an editing room is and can be, and about narrativity, time, and images.
Credits:
Script: Lina Selander
Camera: Lina Selander
Camera assistant: Lena Bergendahl
Light: Björn Larsson
Editing: Lina Selander and Oscar Mangione
Post-production: Velourfilm
Public Commission for the City Library of Gävle, 2011
Watch film:
https://vimeo.com/24334510
