Movie Details
Original Language:English
The Swan Tool on the Web:Official Website
The Swan Tool
39 min
In The Swan Tool video artist Miranda July combines video performance music and helium in a live film about a woman who works for an insurance company The story unites the earthly and bizarre with a surprising humour and unusual clarity Lisa played by July cannot decide whether she wants to live or die She digs a hole in her garden and buries herself Then she tries to carry on with her life but the thing she left behind in the garden just wont die and she cant forget it either July finds herself literally in the film she amalgamates with the medium when she stands between the two screens and for instance moves a chair with her hand The video images vary from photorealism to abstract amorphous colour combinations The live accompaniment by DJ Zac Love adds a third dimension to this complex story
StarringMiranda July
