劇情簡介
A portrait of an art institution as a cinematic landscape: in a succession of static shots , James Benning explores the buildings and terrain of the California Institute of the Arts , where he teaches. A series of views of nature filmed in the surrounding park and woods transitions into images of floors , seating areas and other details of a public building not meant for show. In both parts, an uncanny feeling dominates : the geometries of nature, the dark green and brown tones , the rushing of the highway in the background on the one hand and the humming of halogen lamps , the sound of steps in an otherwise seemingly empty school on the other – it all seems to be hiding a secret . The camera’s gaze is almost always restricted; it rarely penetrates very far into the image . It discovers shabby corners, observing scenarios more reminiscent of a mystery novel than the campus of an art institution . More so than in the majority of James Benning’s longer works of recent years, a narrative lies concealed within the images; every shot creates an urge to move forward , a tension , almost as if the landscapes and interiors were the scenes of a crime.