There is a Woman Texting in Front of the Dark Horse

18 min | Video | 2014
















There is a Woman Texting in Front of the Dark Horse
Parastoo Anoushapour, Faraz Anoushahpour, Ryan Ferko, Nina Konnemann
Video, 18 min, 2013-2014


The window of room 8309 at Super8 Hotel on Spadina Ave perfectly frames an unexceptional view – an intersection with a corner coffee shop. There is a Woman Texting in Front of the Dark Horse investigates this site, adding a layer of narrative tension to a nonfictional, photographic depiction of an actual location. A frantic telephone dialogue seems to direct the camera’s gaze as a sense of real-time surveillance is upset by jump cuts and repeated moments, creating a narrative with simultaneously amusing and sinister undertones.


There is a Woman Texting in Front of the Dark Horse, excerpt, 3 min


Screenings




  • And Then On From There, Graduate Gallery, OCAD University, Toronto, April 2014

  • Site-Specific Performance & Screening, Super8 Hotel, Toronto, March 8, 2013


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Parastoo Anoushahpour, Faraz Anoushahpour, Ryan Ferko