26.02.08 - 02.03.08 : Nina
Kovacheva (BG) / Valentin Stefanoff (FR) |
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LONG SHOTS #14 |
Nina Kovacheva (BG) / Valentin Stefanoff (FR)
Desire and resistance determine the motion : 2007 :
7 minute loop
'Desire....' impresses by its enormous contrasts. On one hand it is
a very minimalistic single shot, at the same time it has a rough (balkanesk?)
theatricallity. It has a violent dynamics and at the same time it is
mesmerizing.
Nina and Valentin:
'A blank screen. A tiny light appears at the center and gradually grows
in size until it takes the quadrangular shape of a light tunnel. One
can see the violent and aggressive motion of something on tow. The « thing » submerges
and emerges but never comes to a halt. The image swells until it fills
the screen. Then it keeps growing and we find ourselves overwhelmed and
immersed in the depths of the vortex. At some point we come to feel one
with this motion and are overcome by the desire to move and resist. The
screen goes blank again, still echoing with the sound, which is intrusive
and as if beating time, thus reminding us of a ritual' |