2024 Art of Brooklyn Film Festival

'FILM AS ART' Streaming Encore

Expired June 10, 2024 3:00 AM
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Experimental and non-linear works.

Filmed in various locations throughout New Jersey, Garden State explores the diverse landscapes in which wildlife, development, farming, and industry coexist in the most densely packed state in the union. Thematically concerned with utopian/dystopian ideas about modernist ‘progress’, the static camera lens observes New Jersey without judgement in order to allow the viewer to draw connections between the visual poetics of the landscape and the overwhelming legacy of human intervention. Kevin T. Allen’s sound design-- a heightened soundtrack of organically sourced hums and drones -- lures the viewer into a hypnotic and meditative experience while sonically announcing the presence of the human figure in the landscape. Garden State both encourages us to slow down, take a long lingering look at our surroundings, and to find wonder, beauty, ruin, and awe in the most unlikely of places.

  • Year
    2023
  • Runtime
    11:36
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    United States
  • Director
    Julie Langsam
  • Cinematographer
    Mariangela Ciccarello, Emily Girgis
  • Editor
    Mariangela Ciccarello
  • Sound Design
    Kevin T. Allen
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