One of the lasting fascinations about the nature of film comes with the idea of capturing time and movement, and being able to replay this moment over and over again. Even though we have explored a vast array of possibilities of what the medium can do, experimentation is still a key quality for a person interested in movies, especially when it comes to advancing his or her craft. In “Dual Enframe”, a collaboration between director/photographer Kioto Aoki and Mitsu Salmon, the audience witnesses a series of experiments with the “framing device”, “using the camera, body, the mirror and the window space” (Source: https://romansusan.org/dual-enframe).
Dual Enframe is screening at Japanese Avant-Garde and Experimental Film Festival
Meant as an installation projected each evening after sunset and visible from the street, the viewer observes a chain of movements and moments captured within the three minutes of the short. The ballet-like choreography is constantly interrupted, with no rhythm or pattern coming to the forefront, apart from the change of the way something is framed. The body, the apartment and the furniture change through this experimentation with framing, creating a new moment and re-shaping the setting. Since there is no dialogue, the viewer is left with the ambivalent nature of the feature, which, especially due to its minimalist nature, does have a certain appeal.
In the end, “Dual Enframe” is an experimental short feature about movement, whose minimalist structure is quite appealing and ambivalent.
