HOWTO

Director's statement:
How to is the key phrase used for Internet tutorials. Originally intended for computing, these explanatory screen captures are generally made by amateurs. Detecting the cinematographic potential of these screencasts, I wanted to make a new-generation fiction documentary filmed entirely from my computer screen. Like a mirror, the tutorial is filmed with the screen that shows it. Heterotopian and utopian, this short-film is the image of a reality. (Elisabeth Caravella)

Curator's comment:
Elisabeth Caravella gives us an unusual experience that will make us rethink the way in which we look at video tutorials. The mirror used as an object to be molded through the software, in the parallel virtual universe is the symbol upon which the entire film is built, representing a method of examination and reflection of an inner world haunted both by fear and beauty. The software user's reflection in the virtual objects creates a tension between real and virtual worlds which reminds us of our own observational role. However, all of this disappears when the ghostly presence that haunts the software’s cyber space earns its autonomy and triggers the user’s existential crisis. (Gabriela Lupu, BIEFF)