THE FACE OF THE LOVED ONE IS A COMPOSITE OF ALL THE FACES BEFORE
A short film presented at Dia Chelsea as part of the Pedagogies of Site Fellowship
the face of the loved one… is a short film about the process of adapting a news article about adoption, highlighting the similarities between family making and writing.
BEFORE YOU WERE BORN
Recipient of Princeton University’s 2022 University Center for Human Values (UCHV) Short Film Prize, Honorable Mention
BEFORE YOU WERE BORN is a short documentary film in dialogue with Chantal Akerman’s work from the 1970s, particularly News From Home (1977), La Chambre (1972), and Je Tu Il Elle (1974). Through the framework of discussing the semiotic, cultural, and gendered implications of darkness and light, the film indexes the temporal, spatial, and emotional distances between mother and son.
THE WAITING ROOM
Concept, Words, and Photos by Ethan Luk
An interdisciplinary project created over two weeks at Brown University with students from the 2018 Summer Leadership Institute. Click below for the full project.
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