Excerpt from The Sugarcane Labyrinth
The Sugarcane Labyrinth by Anne Senstad
(In French and English)
11.22 min loop
(In French and English)
11.22 min loop
A short film about the making and experience of The Sugarcane Labyrinth located in Theriot, Louisiana. The film shows the experience of the walk through, getting lost in the labyrinth and the physicality of the volume of the labyrinth through the use of split screen. The added extractions of poetry and literature bring the viewer into a labyrinthian experience of the mind.
As a film about land practice and the phenomenology of space and land, Senstad has included the process of construction and time, as agriculture here represents nature and labor of the land through working with farmers and farmhand through the seasons. By using pink ribbons to construct the architectural formation of the labyrinth, the ribbons represent both mythology and the artists touch. The film is a portrait of The Sugarcane Labyrinth from construction to final completion with the framework being the experience of the piece itself.
The music of J G Thirlwell, known from Foetus, Manorexia, Steroid Maximus and Venture Bros, was composed especially for the film, and brings the viewer through the labyrinthian process with beautiful, hypnotic and haunting soundscapes.
As a film about land practice and the phenomenology of space and land, Senstad has included the process of construction and time, as agriculture here represents nature and labor of the land through working with farmers and farmhand through the seasons. By using pink ribbons to construct the architectural formation of the labyrinth, the ribbons represent both mythology and the artists touch. The film is a portrait of The Sugarcane Labyrinth from construction to final completion with the framework being the experience of the piece itself.
The music of J G Thirlwell, known from Foetus, Manorexia, Steroid Maximus and Venture Bros, was composed especially for the film, and brings the viewer through the labyrinthian process with beautiful, hypnotic and haunting soundscapes.
The Sugarcane Labyrinth in Theriot, LA was supported by The Royal Norwegian Consulate General Houston, Kleentek Theriot and Triple K & M Farms Inc,
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