automatic
©2007-08

Single-Channel Video, TRT: 30:00

Eric is writing a series of letters to a woman he does not know. In his letters, he purges his secret fantasies in a futile attempt to take control of his life. Seda, the object of his desire, is a chronic writer of complaint letters. Unwittingly, she begins to receive Eric's letters; as his communiqués intensify, so do her insecurities and fears, manifesting themselves in a frenetic dream sequences.

Automatic combines humor with unbalance; live-action + stop-motion to slip the viewer through reality and fantasy until the line is no longer discernable.

Automatic is based loosely on the Haruki Murakami story, the sculpture by Ed and Nancy Keinholz, and bridal magazines from the 70s found in a recessed ceiling in 1995.

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