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    Hatching

    • 2013
    • 00h 04m 34s
    • Chantel Mierau
    • Rent $100
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    Synopsis

    To hatch is to struggle to get out of an place of idyllic warmth, nourishment and safety before it kills you. A hand, wrapped in layer upon layer of white thread hangs like a cocoon from above. We watch in close-up as the hand fights to free itself.

    Categories

    • Experimental,
    • Short,
    • Works by Women

    Shooting Format

    • HD

    Languages

    • None

    Additional Details

    • Silent,
    • Colour

    Available Subtitle

    • None

    Region

    • Manitoba

    Screening Formats

    • DVD,
    • H.264

    Credits

    • Artist: Chantel Mierau

    Provided By

    • Video Pool Media Arts Centre

    More By Chantel Mierau

    Busy Napping

    • 2019
    • Chantel Mierau

    Busy Napping imagines sleep being embodied in and behaving like wax and examines this idea in extreme close up. In this scenario, waking up creates a mess that needs to be addressed using laundry tips for getting wax out of linens.

    Busy Napping

    Larva

    • 2013
    • Chantel Mierau

    Someone wearing a pink, hand-knit, vaguely larva-like suit tries very hard to complete a simple task, but is restricted by coziness.

    Larva

    One for Each of My Vanities

    • 2011
    • Chantel Mierau

    A woman simultaneously adorns and disfigures herself by sewing tassels onto a flesh-coloured cloth mask, creating a beard. Perhaps she is guarding herself against vanity; perhaps she is atoning for it.

    One for Each of My Vanities

    Suggested Films/Videos

    Live Wire

    • 1982
    • Alex Poruchnyk

    An exercise of choice in a system where the paradox is that you always have one. The problem of certain alternatives is only realized by people with their backs to the wall.

    Live Wire

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