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Perils

1986 · 4 min

A rapid, disorienting collage of borrowed images that jolts and fragments, asking you to piece meaning together from interruption.

Directed by
Abigail Child
Overview
The condensed filmic work of Abigail Child, borrowing strategies from found footage, Appropriation Art, Language Poetry and experimental music, stands a a landmark in the experimental cinema of the 1980's. The processing of interruption and fragmentation inform the series IS THIS WHAT YOU WERE BORN FOR?, reactivating the stakes of montage applied in different artistic practices.

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Directed by
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How it feels

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Tone
    Pacing
    relentless, 4 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • media
    • identity
    • art
    Places
    None
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • found footage
    • nonlinear
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action3
    Horror3
    Humour2
    Realism4
    Romance1
    Tension5
    Darkness5
    Complexity8
    Emotional weight4

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    Directed by
    Abigail Child
    Runtime
    4 min
    Country
    United States of America
    Languages
    English

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