Film

TANGENT

Ekin Tepe

Exhibition

See it On Campus: Level 1

Visitor Info

Duration: 10:14

Genre: Drama

Synopsis

Amanda has accidentally time travelled 33 years into the future and with no way to go back, has created a life for herself in the year 2022. 5 years later she discovers an explosion that took place in the airport she currently works at, which is tied to her escape home. On the night Amanda decides to leave, her boyfriend of 4 years confronts her and they reminisce on their time together while a major fight breaks.

Artist Statement

Tangent is a reflection of a memory about loss and fate. It explores the cycles of life and the temporality of experiences. The film focuses on the night of a relationship’s end. This night is the anchor while the couple recalls their time together through flashbacks that come in tides. Memories are impermanent. What is remembered may be unreliable in the haze of emotion and conceit. I am intrigued by the notion of time travel and what could’ve been, by all the possibilities and alternate realities being created every second. Time travel is utilized in this film to explore human connection and the ugliness of it, as well as themes of morality and free will. Tangent is a constant state of melancholy and a rhythm of slow drift. Knowing everything will eventually come to an end, how do you live in the present time? The coast line stretches ahead of the two characters while the winds blow them elsewhere.