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Do we stand in the calm center of this hurricane of modern life,
or do we step into its turbulence?
Exploring themes of urban isolation and emotional alienation, "House" is a slow moving film that plays with memory and temporality.
1. Doug Aitken, House, Regen Projects, opening Nov 11, Los Angeles
2. Old House, via Galerie Half, on Melrose, Los Angeles, California. If you haven't been, you need to run to Galerie Half. Truly, one of the more inspiring stores in Los Angeles.
"House" depicts a couple stoically seated at a table in a residential home. Facing one another, their gaze locked, debris and fragments of the house fall around them. The two protagonists remain untouched as the house crumbles and disappears, leaving only the demarcation of its shape in an empty lot that fades in the closing scene.
Throughout the film, the apparatus of destruction is never shown. These devices become part of the film's expanded narrative, implicating what happens outside the framed image. "House" is exhibited as an installation shown on double monitors set in the midst of rubble and detritus. The spectator views the film surrounded by remains, becoming immersed in the fragments of what was once a home.
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