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The Arts of Autobiography: Redux 1
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The Arts of Autobiography: Redux 1
IDFA 2006

The Arts of Autobiography: Redux 1

Dana Inkster
Canada
2006
5 min
n.a.
Festival history
is the first in a series of video shorts Dana Inkster is developing from her documentary (2003). The original work, which explores the complexities of the social phenomenon of adoption, was produced for a mainstream audience and thus touches on many of the issues raised by this theme. Subsequent to its completion, Inkster wanted to re-envision certain aspects of the work as a whole, extracting scenes from their broader context to more accurately reflect the tone of her own experiences. According to Inkster, "Excerpting the piece creates an added textual resonance that I as the artist could not realise within the context of the traditional dimensions of the longer work." explores the format of contemporary oral histories to address issues of cultural and racial isolation.
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