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Fascination

Fascination

Mike Hoolboom / Kanada, 2007
English version, 70 min

Experimental filmmaker Mike Hoolboom pays homage to one of Canada's most important video artists, Colin Campbell. Born in 1942, Campbell was a sculptor who became one of the first Canadians to embrace video as a viable creative medium, and a number of examples of his deeply personal work are included in the film, in which Campbell performed with non-professional actors on improvised locations.

Hoolboom also explores Campbell's personal life, in particular how openly declaring his homosexuality effected him and the impact Campbell's death in 2001 had on his friends and lovers, while drawing on the parallels between his own films and the video work of Colin.

In the sophisticated collage of images, coupled with several candid interviews with Canadian artists, the film opens an innovative approach to narrative.

(Petr Kubica - IDFF Jihlava)

The screening with the personal presence of the director Mike Hoolboom! The partner of the screening is International Documentary Film Festival Jihlava.