Camera Trap

A quiet, contemplative visual essay that asks you to sit still and compare two ways of seeing animals across a century.

Directed by

Chris Chong Chan Fui

Overview

Camera Trap is a comparative work using moving images a hundred years apart. The first half of the work looks at Muybridge as both animal and landscape photographer, compared with the second half which works with current camera traps set in the Borneo rainforests. A visual and aural comparison. The domesticated vs the wild. Staged vs remote capture. Caged sounds vs field recordings.

How it feels

Melancholic, eerie and earnest. Slow-burning and demanding.

About

Nature, technology, exploration, memory

Content

Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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