A Chair is a Chair

A chair is a chair (2020) Film, 4 mins, 30 secs

An invitation turned confession captures the secret and spiritual side of meaningful objects.

Using excerpts from letters in the book Amado Señor by Argentinian author Pablo Katchadjian, A chair is a chair is a mystical study of a chair and other objects by window light.

The shape of a chair, our thoughts of the chair, its front, its back, its side, its past and present, its feelings and our experience as a chair become personal and intimate. We hear her witnessing a conversation. Her past amplifies and so do minimal gestures in the presence of natural light.

A chair is a chair was filmed while in residency at Cucalorus Film Festival in Wilmington, North Carolina, 2018 and edited in 2020, during long periods of reflection and observation afforded by the lock-down.

Director, Cinematographer & Editor: Roxana Barba

Performer: Elizabeth Dunn