There are names for homes that are not on any maps. The complexity of calling a place home while struggling to find acceptance there permeates these video poems. As many of us are spending more time where we dwell than ever before, the gratitude we might feel for our home is colored by a feeling of entrapment. At the same time, the comfort, safety, and services of shelter are by no means guaranteed. This screening is for the displaced, the vulnerable, and the shut-ins crawling out of their skin; for those whose struggle to define and redefine a concept of home for themselves is continual.
Archival video provides the visuals for this video meditation on the invention of barbed wire.
- Year2020
- Runtime4 minutes
- LanguageEnglish, with English closed captions
- CountryUnited States
- PremiereUS Premiere
- DirectorOlivia Louise
There are names for homes that are not on any maps. The complexity of calling a place home while struggling to find acceptance there permeates these video poems. As many of us are spending more time where we dwell than ever before, the gratitude we might feel for our home is colored by a feeling of entrapment. At the same time, the comfort, safety, and services of shelter are by no means guaranteed. This screening is for the displaced, the vulnerable, and the shut-ins crawling out of their skin; for those whose struggle to define and redefine a concept of home for themselves is continual.
Archival video provides the visuals for this video meditation on the invention of barbed wire.
- Year2020
- Runtime4 minutes
- LanguageEnglish, with English closed captions
- CountryUnited States
- PremiereUS Premiere
- DirectorOlivia Louise