Trypps #6 (Malobi)
Ben Russell
2009 - États-Unis - Couleur - 12'
Photography : Chris Fawcett
Sound : Brigid McCaffrey
Production : Ben Russell
Distribution : Light Cone (lightcone@lightcone.org, +33 (0)1 46 59 01 53)
Ben Russell
2009 - États-Unis - Couleur - 12'
In Surinam, South America, a man enters a residence and emerges wearing a flamboyant mask with a group of others, each wearing unique masks. A single Steadicam shot follows these unearthly and wizened figures as they slowly hobble until the procession enters into the center of the village where a celebration is taking place. Suddenly the doddering caravan breaks out into a jungle boogie like persons possessed. We know that this trance dance is all staged for the camera but yet it is also clearly happening. We know we have seen a documentary of some kind… but a document of what? All that becomes clear is that within documentary, reality becomes image and reality becomes choreography. (Chris Stults)
Photography : Chris Fawcett
Sound : Brigid McCaffrey
Production : Ben Russell
Distribution : Light Cone (lightcone@lightcone.org, +33 (0)1 46 59 01 53)