Carol
Ed Emshwiller / United States / 1970 / 6 min.
synopsis
Shots of the details of trees gradually intertwine with the female silhouette in this abstract portrait of the director's wife. Carol Emshwiller was a strong voice in American science fiction literature’s new wave from the mid-1950s. Ursula K. Le Guin praised her as “a major fabulist, a marvelous magical realist, one of the strongest, most complex, most consistently feminist voices in fiction.”
“Carol and I spent a few days filming in the woods. We took a few shots of her, trees, and twigs, which I combined with places modified by the sound of the kalimba.” E. Emshwiller
biography
Ed Emshwiller (1925-1990) was one of the founders of video art. He sought to create an alternative technological language; by combining synthesizers and computers, he wanted to demonstrate the transformational property of media in connection with technology at a personal and symbolic level. This synthesis can be seen in his works Scape-mates (1972) and Sunstone (1979).more about film
| director: | Ed Emshwiller |
contact
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Film at festival
| festival edition: | 2020 |
| section: | Fascinations: Garden |
| format: | 16 mm |
| colour: | Colour |
Info
| director: | Ed Emshwiller |
| original title: | Carol |
| country: | United States |
| year: | 1970 |
| running time: | 6 min. |
