



Iona Roisin
20:48
Finland
English
An Uncountable Number of Threads
数不清的线索
2023
International Premiere
Travel films have an established format with their own conventions, history and baggage. It is a medium that has all too often sought to control, define and dictate perceptions of ”other” places. Comprised of footage shot while travelling on group excursions across Russia in 2019, An Uncountable Number of Threads is an attempt to draw out the ethical restrictions of a travelogue, while questioning how (and why) to make one. At times there is an awkward tourist-gaze, aware of its outsider position. But as a self-reflexive work that considers its own creation, it ultimately unravels, as the artist rationalises themselves out of a particular way of working, inviting the viewer into their uncertainty.
旅行电影有其固定格式、既定传统和历史积淀,这种媒介往往试图控制、定义和主导对“他者”之地的认知。影片由2019年在俄罗斯的团体旅行素材构成,试图揭示旅行记录的伦理限制,同时质疑制作此类影片的方式及其背后的动机。影片中偶尔流露出略显尴尬的游客视角,清楚地意识到自身的外来者身份。然而,作为一部自我反思的作品,它最终在创作过程中自我解构,引导观众进入艺术家对这一形式的不确定性之中。