Alain Della Negra's Translations / Traductions DVD Explores Film Multiplicity
Alain Della Negra's practice generates multiple film versions across formats, exhibitions, cinemas, installations, and DVDs, emphasizing rushes and a database of potential films. His DVD "Translations / Traductions" includes: "Dropping Out," a short with a US-purchased script machine-translated from English to French; "Chitra Party," featuring Sinhalese actors at a casting with a translator for an absent audience; and "Neighbourhood," co-directed with Kaori Kinoshita, where young adults discuss life in online gaming platforms, preluding their collaborative "The Cat, the Reverend and the Slave." Della Negra's method systematically creates intermediary realities through doubling and translation of linguistic signs or avatars, blurring documentary and fiction, and reconfiguring actor/witness positions via interpreter/translator roles. The text is by Christophe Kihm.
Key facts
- Alain Della Negra produces multiple versions of films across formats, durations, and devices.
- His practice relies on rushes and a database of potential films.
- The DVD 'Translations / Traductions' includes 'Dropping Out,' 'Chitra Party,' and 'Neighbourhood'.
- 'Dropping Out' has a US-purchased script machine-translated from English to French.
- 'Chitra Party' features Sinhalese actors at a casting with a translator for an absent audience.
- 'Neighbourhood' is co-directed with Kaori Kinoshita and focuses on young adults in online gaming platforms.
- 'The Cat, the Reverend and the Slave' is a collaborative film by Della Negra and Kinoshita.
- Christophe Kihm authored the text accompanying the DVD.
Entities
Artists
- Alain Della Negra
- Kaori Kinoshita
- Christophe Kihm
Locations
- United States
- France
Sources
- artpress —