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"an alternately titillating and melancholy look
at gay online sex chat forums"
— Malcolm Fraser,
Montreal Mirror |
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 In Lost, the artists reinvents himself in various photography styles to mimic the aesthetics of gay chat sites and also to mock the narcissism that exists within gay culture. By using his own image, he also admits to taking part in those aspects of gay culture that he criticizes.
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Lost
a video by Owen Eric Wood
running time: 5 min 30 sec
year: 2007
country: Canada
Synopsis
Text from actual online conversations is used to construct a dialogue that mimics and criticizes gay Internet chat sites. As the seemingly-endless series of self portraits mocks narcissism, the increasingly-sexual dialogue satirically criticizes the way gay men interact online. Does the anonymity of the Internet allow for freedom of expression of our innermost desires? Or does this interaction cause people to become something they are not, at times when they feel lost?
Screenings
2009
Entzaubert Radical Non-Commercial Queer Film Festival
Schwarzer Kanal, Berlin, Germany
Rendez-Vous du Cinema Quebecois
Cinemateque Quebecois, Montreal, Canada
Artivistic: TURN*ON
Montreal, Canada
2008
Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival
Filmladen Kassel e.V. arthouse cinema, Kassel, Germany
Mix Brazil Cinema and Video Festival of Sexual Diversity
Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia and Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Backup Festival
Deutsches Nationaltheater, Weimar, Germany
Queer City Cinema 7
Royal Canadian Legion, Regina, Canada
Outsiders Liverpool LGBT Film Festival
FACT Cinema, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Montreal Underground Film Festival
Main Hall, Montreal, Canada
Les Projections de Courts Metrages
Le Saint Sulpice, Montreal, Canada
Soiree Videographe
Videographe Production, Montreal, Canada
Credits
camera and editing by: Owen Eric Wood
photography by: Vincent Chine and Owen Eric Wood
script: composed by Owen Eric Wood from actual online conversations
distributed by: Videographe
Technical Information
original format: miniDV
genre: experimental/video art
subject: gay Internet chat sites
language: English
video: colour
aspect ratio: 4:3
sound: stereo
system: NTSC
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