still shots:
heartbeat of a Window
An experimental short film, 22:00 min
Summer 2022
Description:
A magical realist poem that contemplates the transitional experience of consciousness between life and the afterlife. This short film offers a tapestry of extraterrestrial drawings made of play of light and shadow, reflections in mirrors as portals, and ritualistic performances in imaginary yet natural landscapes. The painted picture of a dreamy psychological scene brings out one’s curiosity and compassion around death, as a topic ordinarily sitting in the darkest folds of the human mind.
The narrative in this film expresses the artist's fear of losing their mother while living in exile and the mother’s near-death story. The footage for “Heartbeat of a Window” was gathered gradually over five years. The resulting video collage is expressed through geometry's metaphorical and mystical language.
credits:
PERFORMERS
Analemma Nooshin Rostami
Dancer Jodie Lyn-Kee-Chow [ Horse Head, Lyn-Kee-Chow's Junkanooacome ]
Figure in stairs Nooshin Rostami
Figure in tunnel Effat Amirkhalili
CAMERA Harriet Bailey - Nooshin Rostami
MUSIC AND SOUND Mani Nilchiani
EDITOR Nooshin Rostami
LIGHT DRAWINGS Nooshin Rostami
NARRATOR Nooshin Rostami
FARSI VOICE Effat Amirkhalili
with support from Bricologista - Hosen Christian Ranger -
Laura Anderson Barbata - Nicolas Solomen - NY Virtual Volcano Observatory Residency & Effat Amirkhalili (mother)
Produced by Building 417 Studio, during the 2021-22 BRIClab Video Art residency