Cute Lovestory
An extraordinary love story.
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- Duration: 3 Min.
- Director: Charlotte Ella Bouchon
Beyond traditional relationship patterns, a fluid field of relational meanings is emerging. Plants, objects and digital interfaces blur the boundaries between proximity and distance, subject and object. A filigree fabric is created here that is constantly being negotiated, in constant motion. Like an invisible web of meaning and affect, it wraps itself around us, drawing us into a silent dialog that we barely notice the dynamics of – and yet we are guided by it. Connections that we are not consciously aware of are incessantly, invisibly and deeply intertwined. (David Zabel)
An extraordinary love story.
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