Keep Looking (Cherche toujours)
Plus post-film discussion: with Dr Michael Witt (Reader in Film Studies, Roehampton University, London and Co-Director of the Centre for Research in Film and Audiovisual Cultures) and Christophe Dupin (Queen Mary University, London and British Film Institute)
Tickets: £7.50 online (£9.50 full price) / Barbican Members - £6.50 online (£7.50 full price) / Concessions £7.50The box office has now closed for this film.
In a laboratory in France, researchers grapple with the tricky task of trying precisely to describe the shape of… well, everything.
How do you accurately describe the shape of a rabbit, for example? To someone who’s never seen one.
Or a leaf? Or an oyster?
And once you start down this path of reductive description, where do you stop? Why does sand sing? (yes, it really does). And why doesn’t it sing now? How are sand dunes formed? What is the best way to portray disorder?
Why can’t I manage to work? Why must I take photos in the Jardin des Plantes? Why does a researcher search? What is proof?
Keep Looking was screened with the support of The French Institute.
To read a review of the film, click here.
Director: Mathias Théry / Etienne Chaillo
Country: France
Length: 52 minutes
