Once at Miracle Mile
Director Sasha Pirker
Countries
Duration 9 min
Synopsis
In “Once at Miracle Mile,” several calm, steady and yet at times even hesitant circular camera pans are intertwined, playing with the gaze and the expectations of the audience. Into the background of one pan enters a second, although this one refuses to displace the first — at least not initially — but rather, the two camera pans exist simultaneously, allowing the viewer’s attention to move between the coming and going of the images, jumping — no, gliding — back and forth. A slow-motion dance through the building, a dance with the building, a fusion of inside and out, a simultaneity of views — as if we were passing the house and just happened to catch a glimpse of ourselves in one of the windows.
In “Once at Miracle Mile,” several calm, steady and yet at times even hesitant circular camera pans are intertwined, playing with the gaze and the expectations of the audience. Into the background of one pan enters a second, although this one refuses to displace the first — at least not initially — but rather, the two camera pans exist simultaneously, allowing the viewer’s attention to move between the coming and going of the images, jumping — no, gliding — back and forth. A slow-motion dance through the building, a dance with the building, a fusion of inside and out, a simultaneity of views — as if we were passing the house and just happened to catch a glimpse of ourselves in one of the windows.