Those That, at a Distance, Resemble Another
67 minutes, 2019
16mm film digital transfer, 3D rendered animation
With an elephant's ivory tusk as the protagonist, Those That, at a Distance, Resemble Another meditates upon the endless tactility of museological and ecological conservation, inviting reflection upon forms of representation, replicas, and embodiments of various materials, disciplines, and institutions. Sculpture of ceramic tusk replica housed at Natural History Museum, London.
“A gripping, mesmerising restoration drama which uses a series of close-ups of hands to tell a powerful story about how natural resources are preserved and transformed”
Laura Davis, Sight & Sound Magazine
“One of the year’s most aesthetically intoxicating and subtly thought-provoking new films”
Jordan Cronk, Film Comment
Locarno Film Festival (Special Mention);Toronto International Film Festival; Viennale; ZINEBI (Awarded Special Mention); Valdivia; Mar del Plata; Cinema du Réel; Punto de Vista; Glasgow Film Festival; True/False; FICUNAM; Big Ears; San Francisco Film Festival; European Media Arts Festival; Jeonju; DocAviv; PlayDoc; Curtocircuito; Festifreak (Awarded Best Film); National Gallery Singapore; Latin/Arab (Awarded Best Cinematography); Cámara Lucida; FIDOCS; Art of the Real; DocumentaMadrid (Mejor película Nacional)
Made with Harvard Art Museums; Museu de arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand; Victoria & Albert Museum; Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology USP; Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi; Museu Amazonico; Tijuca Floresta; British Museum; Natural History Museum
Sculpture of ceramic tusk replica seen in film housed at Natural History Museum, London
