THE DEAD WALK SIDE BY SIDE WITH THE LIVING

Short film / Three channel installation, 22:12, 2016
ProResHQ stereo / DCP 5.1
Languages: German, English, Spanish

Borrowing fragments of dialogue from Marguerite Duras’ Agatha (1981), the film reflects on intimacy, separation, and the fragile distinctions between human and non-human life.

Shot largely in close-up, it focuses on gestures of touch, care, and exposure rather than faces. Human bodies appear alongside grooming chimpanzees and transitional zoo spaces, situating intimacy within systems of observation and enclosure.

The project exists as both a single-channel film and a three-channel installation, accompanied by a publication with essays by John Cunningham and Kati Kivinen.