déjà vu

Somewhere in a subtropical country white visitors crowd around dark-skinned plantation workers emptying their harvest baskets. They look curious, as if wanting to test the quality of the tea leaves. Everywhere tourists take out their cameras – whether in front of large animals in the wild or camel riders, whether in the face of decorated human bodies or daily work routines.

Now and again they look into the camera themselves. For later, for when they will proudly show their "exotic" finds at home. This posing contains a model of western travels and picture making which is over a century...

Orig. Title
déjà vu
Year
1999
Country
Austria
Duration
23 min
Director
Lisl Ponger
Category
Avantgarde/Arts
Orig. Language
Various
Credits
Available Formats
Festivals (Selection)