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Temp Mort (dead time) \ Manas Bhattacharya - Madhuban Mitra \ India
#shortfilm it's just seconds!
The film explores the ruins of India’s first and only still camera factory – National Instruments Ltd, Kolkata. Shut down years ago, the factory produced the National 35 camera, the only 35 mm still camera ever made in the country.
Based in Kolkata, India, Manas Bhattacharya studied Comparative Literature and Film in Jadavpur University, and went on to study Cinematography in the Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute. He works with and in a range of media including still photography, digital imaging, film, video and electronic music. Madhuban Mitra studied literature and classical dance, and holds a Ph.D in Cultural Studies. She worked as Programme Executive at the India Foundation for the Arts, India’s foremost arts funding organisation, from 2000 to 2007.For the last two years, Manas and Madhuban have been collaborating regularly on work involving various media. Their current collaboration explores the ruins of India’s only still camera factory towards a book and exhibition of photographs, and a series of installations and films. This film is made with support from the India Foundation for the Arts and the Media Lab, Department of Film Studies, Jadavpur University.
http://artbychance.org/selections/2nd-edition/temp-mort-%28dead-time%29.htm
#shortfilm it's just seconds!
The film explores the ruins of India’s first and only still camera factory – National Instruments Ltd, Kolkata. Shut down years ago, the factory produced the National 35 camera, the only 35 mm still camera ever made in the country.
Based in Kolkata, India, Manas Bhattacharya studied Comparative Literature and Film in Jadavpur University, and went on to study Cinematography in the Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute. He works with and in a range of media including still photography, digital imaging, film, video and electronic music. Madhuban Mitra studied literature and classical dance, and holds a Ph.D in Cultural Studies. She worked as Programme Executive at the India Foundation for the Arts, India’s foremost arts funding organisation, from 2000 to 2007.For the last two years, Manas and Madhuban have been collaborating regularly on work involving various media. Their current collaboration explores the ruins of India’s only still camera factory towards a book and exhibition of photographs, and a series of installations and films. This film is made with support from the India Foundation for the Arts and the Media Lab, Department of Film Studies, Jadavpur University.
http://artbychance.org/selections/2nd-edition/temp-mort-%28dead-time%29.htm