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Original Film Title: EQUAL
Director’s Name: Tom Bessoir
Writer’s Name: Tom Bessoir
Producer: Tom Bessoir
Country of Origin: United States
Country of Filming: United States
Language: No Dialogue
Runtime: 3 minutes 47 seconds
Film Description:
EQUAL is a cinematic exploration of Richard Serra’s sculpture of the same name on display at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.
The sculpture consists of eight forged-steel blocks stacked in pairs. Each rectangular block measures 5 feet by 5 and 1/2 feet by 6 feet and weighs 40 tons. The blocks are rotated and stacked so that the top and bottom blocks align differently. Yet the four stacks are each 11 feet tall.
This simple form makes me think about space, mass, weight, and time. Like the sculpture, my film seeks to both overwhelm the viewer and invite contemplation.