A film that explores the textures of urban space: the materiality of architecture, the angles, and perspectives of a city that you will never see. A dissection of the city's fabric into details, from which emerges the torn, seemingly immobile matter. It is the imprint, the trace left by every object and action—an identikit (and vivisection) of the city's space and time.
The film, created using digital images, photographs, and Super8 film, seeks a "timeless" aesthetic that captures the historical and artistic layers of urban spaces without being inevitably marred and flattened by the typical "contemporary gaze." In instances where Super8 was used, the footage was later digitized in high definition.
The students of MADE were involved in all aspects of the production, from photography to sound to editing, adhering to an artistic and individual approach to filmmaking that moves away from the "industrial" model of standardized, compartmentalized sets. This approach to cinema is, therefore, a creative act closer to painting and sculpture, "amateur" in the sense cherished by Stan Brakhage, who restored to this adjective its original meaning of "made with love."
