I Have Not Been Afraid of Going Blind for a Long Time

“Today, a flock of starlings swooshed past overhead. / In my mind, I repeat the sound over and over, / while I watch the footage.” Filmmaker Yannick Mosimann captures his environment with the camera, fearing he might be losing it more and more. Strict rules about using the entire clip length and its original audio track inform the editing process. The tableaus and their insistence on duration create a pull into an increasingly isolated state of perceiving the outside world in its unspectacular yet strangely unfamiliar intensity. (Ann Arbor Film Festival)