a leap in the dark
SHORT FILM (2023) | CO-DIRECTOR
Installation / Experimental Film (2023)
Created by Aidan Casey, Evan McCormick, & Julia Corin
Edited by Cara Engh
Exhibited at Playground Equipment - Brooklyn, NY (2023)
Three-channel experimental film.
16 mm film, digital.
Loosely inspired by T. S. Eliot's The Wasteland, this film similarly seeks to mine the aimlessness of the current moment through multiple character perspectives and a blending of styles.
We fragment images using visual techniques like slow shutter photography and projection feedback loops. These are spread across multiple channels to encourage the audience to participate in the deconstruction.
We focus in particular on the experience of those who've recently come of age to find the world in an extreme state of flux. Listlessness, disorientation, freefall, and finally action are at the heart of this film.