The Visit
Director Maud Vande Veire
Countries Belgium
Duration 12 min
Synopsis
"It is a scent that you yourself cannot smell, but which you know is there, that you wish you could hide away, of which you are secretly ashamed when someone pays a visit…" The film is a reflection on a (studio) visit, on the position of the visitor and the host, circling around and entering the space between them, acting through what is thought but unspoken. At the same time it calls into question the studio space as an oasis of authenticity, as a place without a hideaway...
"It is a scent that you yourself cannot smell, but which you know is there, that you wish you could hide away, of which you are secretly ashamed when someone pays a visit…" The film is a reflection on a (studio) visit, on the position of the visitor and the host, circling around and entering the space between them, acting through what is thought but unspoken. At the same time it calls into question the studio space as an oasis of authenticity, as a place without a hideaway...