Darkening

a borderland between reality and imagination



2022
Single channel video with stereo sound, 6’05”
-this film contains flashing lights-

Darkening is an experiment to describe a way in which a landscape might be explored, immersing the viewer in a completely dark space, searching for language of image and sound that is unsettling, heightens the sense of disquiet, triggering dark thoughts that are bleak and ridden with anxiety.


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