Shadow Sites I
Al-Ani, Jananne and Deville, Noski (2010) Shadow Sites I. [Film]
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Shadow Sites I (digitised super 16 mm film col.), 14 mins 15 secs, 2010, aerial shoot in Jordan. (Series: The Aesthetics of Disappearance: A Land without People) Director: Jananne Al-Ani, Director of Photography: Noski Deville
Super 16mm film made up of a series of vertical aerials shots of Middle eastern landscapes ranging from the ancient to the contemporary. Shadow Sites I is part of a body of photographic and moving image work by Jananne Al-Ani, The Aesthetics of Disappearance: A Land Without People, which explores the disappearance of the body in the contested and highly charged landscapes of the Middle East. Noski Deville has worked with Jananne Al-Ani as her cinematographer on 4 films between 2009 and 2011. This work explores the disappearance of the body in the real and imagined landscapes of the region. Al-Ani has a longstanding interest in the power of testimony and the documentary tradition.
Bought by the Arts Council Collection.
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