There is a Woman Texting in Front of the Dark Horse — Parastoo Anoushahpour, Faraz Anoushahpour, Ryan Ferko

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

Beneath the Tower: Moving Images From Toronto, Schalten Und Walten, Cologne, Germany, October 14, 2016:http://www.schaltenwalten.com/

Minority Report; Films of Colonization and Abandonment of Land, Curated by Nazli Dinçel, Cinecycle, Toronto, March 5, 2016:http://pdome.org/2015/minority-report-films-of-colonization-and-abandonment-of-land/

Minority Report; Films of Colonization and Abandonment of Land, Curated by Nazli Dinçel, Mothlight Microcinema, Detroit, USA, November 6, 2015: http://www.mothlightmicrocinema.org/minority-report/

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

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