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Cornered

2017 · 4 min

A hushed, mournful gallery piece that turns archival unrest into a slow, sorrowful meditation you watch rather than follow.

Overview
An installation utilizing two adjoining screens mounted in a corner. On the opposing sides, groups of people protest for and against desegregation during the 1965 Boston riots, the looped news footage slowed to match the tempo of Samuel Barber’s “Adagio for Strings,” the only sound.

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How it feels

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Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • race
    • politics
    • violence
    • media
    • power
    Places
    • big city
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • found footage
    • single location
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence mild
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror2
    Humour0
    Realism9
    Romance0
    Tension6
    Darkness7
    Complexity7
    Emotional weight8

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    Where to watch in the UK

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    Details

    Directed by
    Carrie Mae Weems
    Runtime
    4 min

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