To Begin With

To Begin With is a poetic reflection on a contemplative moment of both fear and excitement, when the time comes to move on. A moment of both new and old memories. A moment of decision – what to keep and what to leave behind, what is lost and what is gained, and what is always there to begin with.

This video could be read as a single sentence, with the cadence of three stanzas of free verses, and an open ending.

Samuel Beckett: “Who is not spared by the mad need to speak, to think, to know where one is, where one was, during the wild dream, up above, under the skies, venturing forth at night… Ah if I could only find a voice of my own, in all this babble”.

Author: 

Year: 

2012

Country: 

United States
Technical data

Original format: 

DV

Speed: 

25FPS

Aspect ratio: 

4:3

Colour: 

Colour

Sound: 

Sound

Length: 

8 minutes

Image Gallery: 

To Begin With (Mónica Saviróm, 2012)
To Begin With (Mónica Saviróm, 2012)

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