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Synopsis
This film applies the six principles for composition delineated in “Opinions on Painting by the Monk of the Green Pumpkin,” written by the eighteenth-century Chinese painter Shih-T’ao as referenced in Raúl Ruíz’s essay “For a Shamanic Cinema.”
Synopsis
This film applies the six principles for composition delineated in “Opinions on Painting by the Monk of the Green Pumpkin,” written by the eighteenth-century Chinese painter Shih-T’ao as referenced in Raúl Ruíz’s essay “For a Shamanic Cinema.”
Our take
Informed by Laida Lertxundi’s pregnancy and the birth of her daughter, this 16mm short marks a shift in the director’s art practice. Her visual interest in the landscapes of Cuba and California is woven into a constellation of textual references, incorporating the works of Lucy Lippard and others.