Snake's Shadow
2011
Three-channel video. Duration: 6:06
Reel Asian and LIFT commissioned Snake’s Shadow for the exhibit Lost Secrets of the Royal. Composed of fragments from decaying 35mm Hong Kong action films salvaged from the basement of what is now Toronto’s Royal Cinema, the work unfolds in four acts across three channels, assembling a sequence of pivotal moments without an end.
Editor: Avril Jacobson
Music: Bob Wiseman
2011
Three-channel video. Duration: 6:06
Reel Asian and LIFT commissioned Snake’s Shadow for the exhibit Lost Secrets of the Royal. Composed of fragments from decaying 35mm Hong Kong action films salvaged from the basement of what is now Toronto’s Royal Cinema, the work unfolds in four acts across three channels, assembling a sequence of pivotal moments without an end.
Editor: Avril Jacobson
Music: Bob Wiseman
Excerpt from Snake's Shadow