Description
PASSAGES, video installation b/w, HD, 16/9, 02:22 IT / BE 2022
SHE arrives as if from a distant past, she looks at us and then disappears. I like to believe that she is in a lost place of consciousness, a secret, intimate place within herself. SHE stands on the threshold of something. Like a ford, a passage, from one state to another. A long take, a single character, a solitary woman, crystallized in a time that, nevertheless, flows. Some describe this cinema as slow cinema. I believe it’s simply a way of looking; moreover, it is the only way, in my opinion, to encourage reflection and open up to mystery. It requires patience and calm. Digital time is sudden and fast, mine refers to something to search for, to wait for… (Excerpt from the short film of the same name “Passages” – IT/BE 2020, 19 minutes).
Biography
Gianluca Colitta is an Italian filmmaker, photographer, and teacher. He lives and works in Belgium.