Event Details
This 10 min short film shot on a macbook in 2021, offers a slice of life as the character attempts to find solace in self-talk and mundane routines
Event Details
This 10 min short film shot on a macbook in 2021, offers a slice of life as the character attempts to find solace in self-talk and mundane routines while in the midst of a botched up video call. The screen becomes both a mirror and a window into one’s inner and outer world.
The home becomes a stage and conversations with self and “others” in the digital realm become drama, in this one actor, one space film. In the absence of the gaze of others, self-gaze becomes less about narcissism and more about compassion and validation of one’s existence as a real, embodied presence in the world. The film explores the concept of identity while the protagonist "Shereen" amusingly grapples with this absurdity of our part real part virtual lives. Sounds familiar? The film in some way becomes a Rorschach test for its viewers as it leads them to themselves through the protagonist.Shwetal Bhatt is an alumna of the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, Faculty of Fine Arts, MSU Baroda. She is a Bangalore-based designer, multimedia artist, educator, and a mom. Shwetal is the founder and principal designer at FoDoMe, an independent design studio and a creative lab. Shwetal works in various 2D and 3D mediums to explore her creative range. She is a part time art and design educator, teaching at school and University level. Her recent work includes the documentary film “Ramji Thakkar Bhimji Thakkar” based on the Navratri Festival of Baroda. This film is now leading up to an archival project.
Shereen Saif is a Dubai-based artist with a practice that spans dance, theatre, storytelling, voice acting and conceptual art. Her multidisciplinary approach to performing arts have resulted in creative collaborations that combine movement, theatre, music, video art and technology. Most notable include ‘Silent Conversations’ (2019) her photo-video-AR installation inspired from her association with the Deaf community in the UAE, her Virtual Reality work with conceptual artist Patrick Lichty (‘We Are’ 2018), dance video installations in collaboration film maker Swapna Kurup (‘The Unmanifested’ 2014, ‘Amorphous’ 2016) and her collaboration with iconic American painter and video artist Judy Rifka (‘INTERactive’ 2016).
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Time
August 26, 2023 7:15 pm - 8:00 pm(GMT+05:30)