by Suneil Sanzgiri, US, India 2019, 11'
| SUBJECT, EDITING, 16mm PHOTOGRAPHY, AND ANIMATIONS: | SOUNDTRACK: Amirtha Kidambi | |
| AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY: Kaushik Madkaikar | LANGUAGE: vo: English, Hindi; sub: English, Italian |
Presented at the 14th edition of Lo schermo dell'arte, 2021www.suneilsanzgiri.com
Born and raised in the United States, artist Suneil Sanzgiri has never visited India, his
father’s country of origin. In this video he explores the emotional memories of his family’s
diaspora: his father was 18 when, in 1961, the last remaining Portuguese colonizers in Goa
were expelled. Using strategies typical of the desktop documentary, At Home But Not At
Home combines a skilful montage of 16 mm footage, drone shots over Goa, film extracts
from the Indian independent film movement Parallel cinema and a Skype interview with the
artist’s father. Using various methods and modes of vision, the film is a reflection on the
construction of memory and identity through moving images, and connects a biographical
story to a broad postcolonial history that passes from India to Angola’s and Mozambique’s
liberation movements.
SUNEIL SANZGIRI
SUNEIL SANZGIRI
He is an artist, researcher and filmmaker. His film have been presented in institution and international festival, among them: International Film Festival Rotterdam (2021, 2020); Hong Kong International Film Festival (2021); New York Film Festival (2020); Videoex Festival (2020); London Indian Film Festival (2020); Royal College of Art London (2020); The Block Museum, Illinois (2020).
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