The politics of public space buffed to a blinding shine - coal drops and blast furnaces regenerate into boutiques and tech corridors. George Romero and petty thievery spur re-calibrations of a home town’s self-image. Citizens navigate a maze of civic responsibility, community pride, and collective disgrace in a media city gone viral.
Program:
French Camera (2023, IR, 30’)
Ardavan Zeini Sough
*available virtually only in Colorado at this link
Public Surfaces (2023, US, 12’)
Gillian Waldo
Privately Owned Public Space (2023, UK, 23’)
Patrick Tarrant
no more room in hell (2023, US, 23’)
rebecca shapass
Reanimating text culled from the archive of horror director George A. Romero, this film takes a non-linear approach to zombie apocalypse narratives and considers the American cinematic zombie in relation to the place of its birth: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Riffing on living-dead themes of material transformation and suspended decay, this project examines zombiehood by considering how shifts in industry impact the ways humans consume the world around them.
- Year2023
- Runtime23 minutes
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorRebecca Shapass
The politics of public space buffed to a blinding shine - coal drops and blast furnaces regenerate into boutiques and tech corridors. George Romero and petty thievery spur re-calibrations of a home town’s self-image. Citizens navigate a maze of civic responsibility, community pride, and collective disgrace in a media city gone viral.
Program:
French Camera (2023, IR, 30’)
Ardavan Zeini Sough
*available virtually only in Colorado at this link
Public Surfaces (2023, US, 12’)
Gillian Waldo
Privately Owned Public Space (2023, UK, 23’)
Patrick Tarrant
no more room in hell (2023, US, 23’)
rebecca shapass
Reanimating text culled from the archive of horror director George A. Romero, this film takes a non-linear approach to zombie apocalypse narratives and considers the American cinematic zombie in relation to the place of its birth: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Riffing on living-dead themes of material transformation and suspended decay, this project examines zombiehood by considering how shifts in industry impact the ways humans consume the world around them.
- Year2023
- Runtime23 minutes
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorRebecca Shapass