"Us" – Movie Dis Installation
'Us' International Award 'Lorenzo il Magnifico' Biennale Florence 2019. First infinite movie ever made (not in a loop). This is a unique video extraction of 2.47 minutes from hours of the movie played live.
Artist Statement
“Us” is a visual installation that explores how we perceive and process the complexity of life today. It invites viewers into a collective yet highly personal experience, one shaped entirely by how each individual’s mind interprets what unfolds on screen.
The work is composed of over 2,500 photographs, captured from various movie scenes that struck me in the moment. From these, I selectively cropped subtitles, sometimes leaving them intact, other times removing them, treating dialogue as ready-made lines. These elements, subtitles, facial expressions, gestures, scenery, are pieced together to construct a narrative and, in a sense, to paint with cinematic fragments. Just as we borrow words in daily life, I borrow from film to tell a story that is both mine and not mine.
Yes, I begin with a story in mind to bring that vision into form. But then, I intentionally surrender control. Using custom software, I allow the system to randomly shuffle, re-cut, and re-compose the pre-edited images into a continuous visual stream. It’s as if a single sheet of imagery is constantly folding and unfolding, revealing new combinations with every cycle.
This approach transforms the piece from a fixed statement into a living suggestion. Each time the program runs, whether on a computer or a massive public screen like Piccadilly’s LED panel, it generates a unique film from the same core material. No two viewings are ever the same. The "movie" only ends when the screen turns off. Like life, it never repeats itself.
At its core, “Us” is about us, our shared human experiences: compassion, conflict, love, fear, racism, sexism, resistance, and hope. By using familiar imagery from well-known films, the work aims to prompt reflection. It speaks in a language we already understand, nudging us to think, re-think, and perhaps, respond in kind.
In this way, the viewer becomes the final author, free to imagine, interpret, or even contradict the story presented. Like a kind of visual mindfulness, the experience opens a space where creativity and contemplation meet.
Film Dis Installation by Rey Zorro.
Category
Film & Animation
Licence
Standard YouTube Licence
Music
Protect Yourself From Aliens (Soul Slinger Remix) by DJ Soul Slinger
