LIFE SPAN OF THE OBJECT IN FRAME (a film about the film not yet shot)
Director Aleksandr Balagura
Countries Ukraine, Italy
Duration 116 min
Synopsis
“The time of exposure is the life span of an object in frame. In this regard, any photo is not just two-dimensional graphic composition – it always has the third, temporal dimension, the temporal depth. A photo is a time carrier, a time vessel. It means – the vessel of memory… But whose memory?.. Of the Face or the Thing or the Landscape which are still on the photo?.. Of the photographer?.. Having chosen photos as material of the film and memory as the theme, we inevitably find ourselves in a labyrinth of our own and the others’ memories, of our own and the others’ time being. And seeking for the escape we are becoming a part of this labyrinth and the material of the own film..."
“The time of exposure is the life span of an object in frame. In this regard, any photo is not just two-dimensional graphic composition – it always has the third, temporal dimension, the temporal depth. A photo is a time carrier, a time vessel. It means – the vessel of memory… But whose memory?.. Of the Face or the Thing or the Landscape which are still on the photo?.. Of the photographer?.. Having chosen photos as material of the film and memory as the theme, we inevitably find ourselves in a labyrinth of our own and the others’ memories, of our own and the others’ time being. And seeking for the escape we are becoming a part of this labyrinth and the material of the own film..."