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Triptych – a Documentary Video Installation
Five refugees, five stories. An endless journey through the desert in hope of a better future.
Video: 2-minute Teaser for Triptych
Overview
Genre
Contemporary Issues, Human Rights, and Essay
Synopsis
A desert landscape. We are moving forward, pacing our steps evenly, straight ahead, always in the same direction. Tracks on the ground lead nowhere, there is no end in sight, no borders, no fences. No lines that can be crossed. The border becomes the plain we are moving in – trapped.
Three simultaneously recorded video images of a desert landscape form a panorama. While the point of view is similar to the human field of vision, it is modifed by gaps, overlaps, and distortion. Point of view and movement simulate a subjective experience. The sound of the wind, of the footsteps and breathing take us to this place.
Over the sounds of the desert we hear the voices of five African refugees – Chantal, Fiston, Camará, Bak, and Johnson – telling their stories: How they left home, in hope of finding a safe place somewhere far away; what happened to them on their journey.
We walk with them, listening, watching. Five lives – and every image of the desert tells the stories of thousands.
Stage
finished
Running time
75 minutes
Links
Official Website
Triptych – a Documentary Video Installation Official Website
Credits
Magdalena Hutter
... Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Co-Producer
Steffen Weber
... Location Sound
Production Details
Prod. Co.
Magdalena Hutter
Country
Germany
Production years
2008 - 2010
Locations
Morocco
Prod. Partners
University of Television and Film Munich
with support from the Kirch-Foundation
Distribution Details
Release year
2010
Awards
Sonderpreis für Medienkunst der Kirch-Stiftung
Language
French, English
Subtitles
German language track available
Video: 2-minute Teaser for Triptych
Overview
Genre
Contemporary Issues, Human Rights, and EssaySynopsis
A desert landscape. We are moving forward, pacing our steps evenly, straight ahead, always in the same direction. Tracks on the ground lead nowhere, there is no end in sight, no borders, no fences. No lines that can be crossed. The border becomes the plain we are moving in – trapped.
Three simultaneously recorded video images of a desert landscape form a panorama. While the point of view is similar to the human field of vision, it is modifed by gaps, overlaps, and distortion. Point of view and movement simulate a subjective experience. The sound of the wind, of the footsteps and breathing take us to this place.
Over the sounds of the desert we hear the voices of five African refugees – Chantal, Fiston, Camará, Bak, and Johnson – telling their stories: How they left home, in hope of finding a safe place somewhere far away; what happened to them on their journey.
We walk with them, listening, watching. Five lives – and every image of the desert tells the stories of thousands.