it's stone hitting stone
Director clare charnley
Countries Portugal, Brazil, United Kingdom
Duration 10 min
Synopsis
The film started as a sort of audio game played between two foreigners with their microphone and inhabitants of a tiny village in Serra da Gralheira. As sound recorded locally passes between people, it accrues multiple meanings through guesses. These involve imaginative reinterpretation, teasing and showing off, but also lay bare personal observation, regret and fear. Referents extend beyond the temporal frame of the recording, inserting experiences the visitors have no access to. Singing lies deep within the culture and is reflected through deliberate musicality in people’s voices. Onomatopoeic sounds are invented spontaneously; as much is said by the timbre and tone of the voice, as by its content. Apart from subtitles, there are no visuals.
The film started as a sort of audio game played between two foreigners with their microphone and inhabitants of a tiny village in Serra da Gralheira. As sound recorded locally passes between people, it accrues multiple meanings through guesses. These involve imaginative reinterpretation, teasing and showing off, but also lay bare personal observation, regret and fear. Referents extend beyond the temporal frame of the recording, inserting experiences the visitors have no access to. Singing lies deep within the culture and is reflected through deliberate musicality in people’s voices. Onomatopoeic sounds are invented spontaneously; as much is said by the timbre and tone of the voice, as by its content. Apart from subtitles, there are no visuals.