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Watershed
9 min., 16mm, Optical Sound
Charlie Egleston (2014)
charlieegleston.com

Description:
A watershed moment invites an exploration of perception and passage. Using the multiple meanings of a watershed basin, moment and the literal ‘watershed’, the film is deceivingly simple but unfolds layers of meaning concerning images, representation and ontology.

"Beautiful frames, the upside down/sideways images, the open and close reiteration/framing shots are [...] a very incisive evocation of this place. The sensitivity to light, to small movements, keeping it all tied to the structure, the container of sight and experience." - Mike Hoolboom

Long Description:
A watershed moment serves as a site for perceptual contemplation and a meditation on the structural relationships between time, space and the transitory nature of things. Using the multiple meanings of a watershed basin, moment and the literal ‘watershed’, the film is deceivingly simple but unfolds layers of meaning concerning images, representation and ontology. The film utilizes the architectural space created by a ‘mirror pond’ and evokes comparisons to grand temples, palaces, and estates that are situated on the edge of reflecting water bodies. Here, an unkempt utility shed serves as temple, which through the aestheticizing process becomes understood as a simple object, an image of the object, and an image of the image of the object. Perception and perspective (both visual and aural) are reconsidered through an immersive observational process that involves handcraft – the film is completely hand-processed – and artisanal approaches to the photochemical process, such as A/B roll negative cutting. This materialist approach forms the central thematic concern of the film.

Filmmaker Bio:
Working in expanded modes of film and video production, Charlie Egleston (b. Kitchener, Ont., 1973) has been making moving images for the past 20 years. He holds an HBA in Film Studies from the University of Western Ontario (London, Canada) and an MFA in Film Production from York University (Toronto). His films have been shown throughout North America and the world, including IFF Rotterdam , Oberhausen IFF, Media City FF, WNDX FF, Ann Arbor FF, and have been generously awarded by organizations such as the Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council. He has held numerous committee, jury, and board positions while providing programming and workshops for many film and video events. He currently teaches in the Advanced Filmmaking program at Fanshawe College in London, Ontario. His films are distributed by the Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre (CFMDC).

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