YONG BU FANG CHI
NEVER GIVE UP

by Deborah PHILLIPS
2019-2020 / 16mm / color-b&w / sound / 1 screen / 3' 30

My (former) neighbour, Samer is a trained translator & interpreter between Arabic and Chinese & would like to work as such. A visual exploration of the gap between what systems expect & reality & a human stuck in between.
Negative developed in black tea.

1 PRINT IN DISTRIBUTION


distribution format 16mm
screen 1,37 (single screen)
speed 24 fps
sound optical sound
original language Arabic & Chinese & English & German
rental fee 28,00 €