Not a matter of if, but when : brief records of a time in which expectations were repeatedly raised and lowered and people grew exhausted from never knowing if the moment was at hand or was still to come.
Notes:
Collective title from disc label.
Contents:
We will live to see these things, or, five pictures of what may come to pass (c2007, in Arabic and Armenian, col. with b&w sequences, 47 min.) / produced by Julia Meltzer ; directed by Julia Meltzer + David Thorne ; written by David Thorne ; edited by Catherine Hollander ; music and sound design by Chris Kubick ; camera, Raed Sandeed, Julia Meltzer ; a project of The Speculative Archive -- Not a matter of if, but when : brief records of a time in which expectations were repeatedly raised and lowered and people grew exhausted from never knowing if the moment was at hand or was still to come (c2006, in Arabic, col., 17 min.) / produced and directed by Julia Meltzer and David Thorne ; camera, Raed Sandeed ; The Speculative Archive.
Summary:
We will live to see these things: "Each section of the piece -- the chronicle of a building in downtown Damascus; documentation of an equestrian event; an interview with a dissident intellectual; a portrait of children learning the Qurʼan; the recitation of a vision beheld by a U.S. policymaker -- offers a different perspective on what might come to pass in a place where people live between the forces of a repressive regime, a growing conservative Islamic presence and shifting pressures from the USA" -- Container. Not a matter of if, but when: "Syrian performer Rami Farah uses various modes of address such as a promise, a threat, a curse, a joke and a premonition in order to speak to the current state of affairs in Syria and the Middle East. Through a combination of direct address and fantastical narrative, Rami's improvisations speak to living in a condition of uncertainty, chaos and stasis" -- Container.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)261405083
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
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