i feel distortion

The beginning of this video is black and its end is white. Both offer something to read, first the title, and then the credits. What can be seen between the two is in a constant transition between black and white. "Reading is not seeing" one could say in a paraphrase of Maurice Blanchot. Rather than a reference to a simple antithesis, this statement addresses the obliteration of seeing which is compelled by the act of reading. The implication is that it depends of the mode of expression whether the act of reading is able to produce a different kind...

Orig. Title
i feel distortion
Year
2000
Country
Austria
Duration
7 min
Director
Paul Divjak
Category
Avantgarde/Arts
Orig. Language
No Dialogue
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