And The Earth Trembled

2018 -  15'20" / 16:9 / Stereo / Color 

Synopsis

The video opens to a blue sky and a tree blowing in the wind. The camera

slowly pans down the tree and cuts to a series of buildings and facades. The

streets are empty. Only the wind and the constant humming of distant traffic are

heard. Seen from below, a corner of the sky is visible next to a yellow and brown

building. A melancholic melody starts to play, repeating the same few notes over

and over. Close up: two hands are clutching one hand. Shadows from a pine

tree move over the surface of the black and white pixelated picture.

The video moves from one non-descriptive place to another. The absence of

bodies in human-made spaces is uncanny. On some walls hang posters: A gun,

a red drop, hands, a face, a blue drop, somewhere a digital printer is calling out

for ‘MAMMA’ to the rhythmic beat of the machine.

And the Earth Trembled uses emptiness as a disruptive strategy. It is a quiet

and slow-paced piece making use of filler scenes and printed posters to

contemplate the properties of the moving image.