Christiana Perschon
Austria | 2014 | 28 min
World premiere
Language : German
Subtitles : English, French

Tatjana is a 93 years old painter who is losing her eyesight. She tries to adapt to a changing landscape that is becoming with each day more challenging. Even though her world gets shrouded with shadows, the painter in her tries to figure out the different layers of colors that are left in it. Gestures observed through the tips of her hair interfere with thoughts about the sense of time…

Tatjana is a 93 years old painter who is slowly losing her eyesight. She tries painstakingly to adapt to a changing landscape that is becoming more challenging with each day. Even though her world gets shrouded with shadows, the painter in her tries to figure out the different layers of colours that are left in it. Gestures gently observed through the locks of her hair interfere with thoughts about the sense of time and a dreamlike reality. Moving images follow the painter's alignment relying more than ever on her experienced hand and imagination and exploring sensory perception beyond seeing. Christiana Perschon creates her film while observing how the eyes of Tatjana reshape the world that she has known all her life. Thus the two women become like partners while each working on their own creative projects. The world once again becomes an uncharted territory where hands and eyes are the primary tools in order to get the process of experience going again. But light and darkness do not battle each other this time: they gaze at each other in silent astonishment.

Giona A. Nazzaro

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