This film is part of Aseman Sabet’s Carte Blanche co-presented with MUTEK.
A couple stands in stillness, facing each other from two singular islands. Their bodies interrupting the endless blue surroundings. The movement of the tide and the light slowly transforms the landscape, altering both the terrain and their connection to each other. Time and shape become the continually changing measurements of the relationship between the two still figures. The video attempts to encapsulates the original 2‑hour action by Rachel Echenberg and Sébastien Worsnip, filmed just off the western tip of Anticosti Island in the St. Lawrence River. Special thanks to our witness Emilie Buysse and to Résidence Nomade.
A couple stands in stillness, facing each other from two singular islands. Their bodies interrupting the endless blue surroundings. The movement of the tide and the light slowly transforms the landscape, altering both the terrain and their connection to each other. Time and shape become the continually changing measurements of the relationship between the two still figures. The video attempts to encapsulates the original 2‑hour action by Rachel Echenberg and Sébastien Worsnip, filmed just off the western tip of Anticosti Island in the St. Lawrence River. Special thanks to our witness Emilie Buysse and to Résidence Nomade.
| Director | Rachel Echenberg |
Image tirée du film Couple // Image from the film Couple
Production
Rachel Echenberg
Rachel Echenberg is a Montreal-based artist working in performance, video and photography since 1992. She holds a BFA from NSCAD University in Halifax and a master’s degree from Darlington College of Arts in Great Britain. Her work has been presented across Canada as well as internationally, including in Germany, Belgium, Chile, the United States, France, Finland, Lebanon, Morocco and the UK. Her video works is represented by Vidéographe, in Montreal and Vtape in Toronto. She currently teaches at Dawson College where she is chairperson of the Fine Arts Department.
Biographical notes provided by the film production team
Biographical notes provided by the film production team
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