105. During the shooting of a film, a video is made consisting of a sequence of scenes of silent and immobile people, posed for actions that never commence. Seated around a dining table; standing around on a film set; preparing the machines, cables and lighting for a scene; huddled around a coffee machine; everyone looking in the same direction off-screen ... These scenes are captured during periods when the sound engineer demands total silence in order to record ambient sounds. The actors and technical crew stop speaking or making noisy movements and remain in their positions up until the signal for the noise to recommence. The video doesn't show what comes before or after these silent moments, which resemble silent sculptures more than scenes from a film.
[Works, Leve, E.]
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