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The Focus II
The Lake District as never seen before: five hours collapsed into minutes.
Overview
Both a frenetic energy and a remarkable stillness seem to collide in this unusual film, shot on 16mm with a powerful telephoto lens. Artist Jenny Okun adjusts her camera and observes gentle changes in the landscape, at the same time exploring abstraction.
Jenny Okun's films are notable for their simple yet boldly experimental qualities. In the 1970s she filmed elements of the British landscape and weather and was also interested in musical notation and sound. Today Okun works in several different mediums; not unlike this film, her drawings and sculptures appear to compress time and energy, with jagged lines and edges which simultaneously project and freeze life and movement.
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