Glued into Place - Emma Sassaman

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This abstract film reveals visually, the sensation of nostalgia and the way we can become stuck in our pasts with resistance to moving forward.

Glued into Place

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Through poetic visual imagery and an accompanying ambient soundscape this film explores the sensation of loss and longing when moving through transition points in our lives. The film explores what this longing feels and looks like at a deeper subconscious level of experience. The subject of the film has a thick syrupy glue-like substance being relentlessly poured down her face as she struggles under the mess. The glue-like substance represents memories being doused onto her and encapsulating her in a moment of time. Trapped by her past, she struggles to look towards her future as she mourns her old life.

Person looks into a green light

Subject looks into a green light.

Subject in neon blue light with clear gel dripping down her face

Subject in neon blue light with clear substance dripping down her face.

A diffused shot of subject wearing a veil and sitting on a sofa

A diffused shot of subject wearing a veil and sitting on a sofa.

A diffused shot of subject wearing a veil and sitting on a sofa

A diffused shot of subject wearing a veil and crouching over.Ìı

Subject in neon blue light with clear gel dripping down her face

Subject in neon blue light with clear substance dripping down her face.