Pictures of Sound (1998)
Depicting the coastal islands outside Vancouver, 'Pictures of Sound' is an enigmatic landscape portrait caught by a stationary camera. Reducing land and water into colour gradations on a flat plane, Kerr compresses and fragments temporality to focus on the gradual shifts and rhythms of light. Boats that penetrate the frame serve as reminders of the artificial world, and indeed, of the medium itself. In something akin to invading blips on a radar screen, they are rendered as computer glitches plotting their way systematically across the horizon.
Director: Richard Kerr
Runtime: 12 min
Release Date: January 1, 1998
Original Language: en
More Films by Director: Richard Kerr
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Pictures of Sound about?
- Depicting the coastal islands outside Vancouver, 'Pictures of Sound' is an enigmatic landscape portrait caught by a stationary camera. Reducing land and water into colour gradations on a flat plane, Kerr compresses and fragments temporality to focus on the gradual shifts and rhythms of light. Boats that penetrate the frame serve as reminders of the artificial world, and indeed, of the medium itself. In something akin to invading blips on a radar screen, they are rendered as computer glitches plotting their way systematically across the horizon.
- Who directed Pictures of Sound?
- Pictures of Sound was directed by Richard Kerr.
- How long is Pictures of Sound?
- Pictures of Sound has a runtime of 12m (12 minutes).