The Image that Spits, the Eye that Accumulates

Rhea Storr / United Kingdom / 2018 / World Premiere / 11 min.

synopsis

The color of skin and of film become the center of discourse: The filmmaker’s mixed-race background is reflected in imprints of the landscape and ruptures within it, but also in the color of the faded Kodachrome film, whose typical visual characteristics have dissolved in time. Hues are barely visible and only with difficulty capture the image of a body that does not fall into any clear categories.

"Where does film fail or resist us? Working on celluloid I make images which affirm mixed race culture and the cultural in between." R. Storr

biography

Rhea Storr (1991) is an English artist living and working in London. She makes films, draws, and writes. In her work, she examines the relationship between the human eye and the camera using 16mm film. Her themes include the intersections of differing cultures and confronting her own Bahamian roots with her life in English society.