SHADOW CODEX

by Saara EKSTRÖM new filmmaker
2021 / 8mm / b&w / sound / 1S / 12' 31

The graffiti on the walls of the disused prison are like cave paintings from a lost civilisation in ‘Shadow Codex’, which lets text, drawings and shabby pinup posters speak their own language about incarceration and institutionalised punishment. The surveillance machinery, the architecture and the layers of engravings tell us about a society which, in its attempt to maintain law and order, creates monuments of its own shadow – set against John Cage’s composition ‘Perilous Night’.

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distribution format DCP on server (INTEROP 2K)
screen 16/9 (single screen)
speed 24 fps
sound sound
rental fee 55,00 €

distribution format Digital file on server (FHD)
screen 16/9 (single screen)
speed 24 fps
sound sound
rental fee 55,00 €