Palimpsests (2017)
This film is from the project Unconformities, comprised of artworks made up from the material of surveyed land, extracted from coring construction sites in Paris, Athens and Beirut. These cores bare their "unconformities"—temporal ruptures, natural disasters, geological movements—in full view, revealing a constant cycle of construction and deconstruction that is the defining feature of civilisations past and present, with each using the stones of the last. History appears not as layers but as actions, a kind of palimpsest mixing epochs and civilizations. These poetic recompositions question the dominant forms of narrating and representing history, but also address debates around the Anthropocene.
Director: Joana Hadjithomas, Khalil Joreige
Genre: Documentary
Runtime: 13 min
Release Date: September 27, 2017
Editing: Tina Baz
Original Language: fr
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Palimpsests about?
- This film is from the project Unconformities, comprised of artworks made up from the material of surveyed land, extracted from coring construction sites in Paris, Athens and Beirut. These cores bare their "unconformities"—temporal ruptures, natural disasters, geological movements—in full view, revealing a constant cycle of construction and deconstruction that is the defining feature of civilisations past and present, with each using the stones of the last. History appears not as layers but as actions, a kind of palimpsest mixing epochs and civilizations. These poetic recompositions question the dominant forms of narrating and representing history, but also address debates around the Anthropocene.
- Who directed Palimpsests?
- Palimpsests was directed by Joana Hadjithomas, Khalil Joreige.
- How long is Palimpsests?
- Palimpsests has a runtime of 13m (13 minutes).
- What genre is Palimpsests?
- Palimpsests is a Documentary film.