An Uncountable Number of Threads (2023)
Travel films have an established format with their own conventions, history and baggage. It is a medium that has all too often sought to control, define and dictate perceptions of ”other” places. Comprised of footage shot while travelling on group excursions across Russia in 2019, An Uncountable Number of Threads is an attempt to draw out the ethical restrictions of a travelogue, while questioning how (and why) to make one. At times there is an awkward tourist-gaze, aware of its outsider position. But as a self-reflexive work that considers its own creation, it ultimately unravels, as the artist rationalises themselves out of a particular way of working, inviting the viewer into their uncertainty.
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Keywords
filmmaking, travelogue, ethics, self-reflexive, experimental
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- What is An Uncountable Number of Threads about?
- Travel films have an established format with their own conventions, history and baggage. It is a medium that has all too often sought to control, define and dictate perceptions of ”other” places. Comprised of footage shot while travelling on group excursions across Russia in 2019, An Uncountable Number of Threads is an attempt to draw out the ethical restrictions of a travelogue, while questioning how (and why) to make one. At times there is an awkward tourist-gaze, aware of its outsider position. But as a self-reflexive work that considers its own creation, it ultimately unravels, as the artist rationalises themselves out of a particular way of working, inviting the viewer into their uncertainty.
- Who directed An Uncountable Number of Threads?
- An Uncountable Number of Threads was directed by Iona Roisin.
- How long is An Uncountable Number of Threads?
- An Uncountable Number of Threads has a runtime of 21m (21 minutes).
- What genre is An Uncountable Number of Threads?
- An Uncountable Number of Threads is a Documentary film.
- Where was An Uncountable Number of Threads produced?
- An Uncountable Number of Threads was produced in Finland.