Simple in its conceit, the installation consists of a six-minute audiovisual loop comprised of three archival film segments shot by the Edison Film Company between 1889 and 1901, and six passages from the opening pages (or overture) to Marcel Proust’s monumental À la recherche du temps perdu, as read by Vancouver writer Gerald Creede.
Stan Douglas
Director
Gone Nutty70%
Hotel Chevalier68%
Moonage Daydream74%
Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted60%
Street of Crocodiles65%
A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate68%
Blue72%
Phoenix Forgotten62%
42 Up75%
Chronos75%
Qwerty60%
Project Almanac67%
A Movie65%
Very Nice, Very Nice60%
Maria by Callas73%
Witch's Cradle67%
Anima73%
Finch78%