Lago
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Joshua Bonnetta recording Lago
Lago by Joshua Bonnetta
CAN 2017, Forum Expanded
© Joshua Bonnetta
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Joshua Bonnetta recording Lago
Lago by Joshua Bonnetta
CAN 2017, Forum Expanded
© Joshua Bonnetta
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Joshua Bonnetta and Ron Jude recording and taking photographs for their work Lago
Lago by Joshua Bonnetta
CAN 2017, Forum Expanded
© Joshua Bonnetta
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Underwater sound recording at Salton Sea for Lago
Lago by Joshua Bonnetta
CAN 2017, Forum Expanded
© Joshua Bonnetta
The compositions weave together site-specific recordings with interviews to construct an acoustic portrait of the desert that is steeped in intimations of narrative. Lago is an attempt to document the perceptual encounter of the desert while engaging a past that shapes the encounter.
Crew
Director | Joshua Bonnetta |
Dialogue | Josh Berger dialogue editor |
Assistant to Editor | Jacob Schaffel-Scherrer |
Produced by
Joshua Bonnetta
Additional information
Joshua Bonnetta
Born in 1979 in Canada. He is an artist and filmmaker working in sound and moving image across installation, performance, and theatrical exhibition.
Filmography (selection)
2002 Cathode Aurora; Video installation, 6 min. 2004 Patchwork; Film installation · First Snow; 2 min. · November Light; 2 min. 2007 By Grace; 3 min. 2009 Parting; Film and video installation 2010 Long Shadows; 12 min. 2011 American Colour; 25 min., Video installation, Forum Expanded 2012 2012 American Colour; 25 min., Video installation, Forum Expanded 2012 · Remanence I – (Lost, Lost, Lost, Lost); 2 min., Forum Expanded 2013 2013 Strange Lines and Distances; Video installation, Forum Expanded 2013 2016 Lanterna; Installation 2017 Land of Thin Air; Video installation · Low Islands; Film installation, 65 min. · Lago; Sound installation, 44 min., Forum Expanded 2017 · El mar la mar; 94 min., co-directed with J.P. Sniadecki, Forum 2017 · El mar la mar
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2020