Dispossessed
The film is a confrontation of home and its paraphernalia as a private space; through close textures and truncations of space, the images become contextualized by subtle orchestra of sounds. Using two different lenses (76mm and 26mm) along with black & white and color film, two distinct arcs emerge: a close, visceral experience of personal items that become larger than life, and glimpses of a space that is recognizably home.
This film came about because I wanted to be able to transform my private space and memories into a piece that can be presented in a public forum. In order to do so, I had let go of the notion that these experiences and paraphernalia are mine, and mine alone. I had to remove my trepidation of treating footage of my family and homes as footage — taking a step back and “dispossessing” the singular way I thought about this captured private space. Only then was I able to mash my trembling footage and sounds in a way that harmonize and contrast with one another. Indoor image is juxtaposed with outside sound, but perhaps the jitters from the camera are not so different from the rumblings of a vehicle?
Jin Julia