John Davis WHAT FOR WHAT USA, 2008, BetaSP PAL, 8'
Produzione - Production: John Davis
Montaggio - Editing: John Davis
Fotografia - Cinematography: John Davis
Sound Editor: John Davis
Musica - Music: John Davis
Distribuzione - Distribution: What for What
John David: 01-415-516-1336, 0johndavis0@gmail.com
Immagini in Super8 a colori e in bianco e nero accompagnano la registrazione audio dell'esecuazione di Alpha Otis O'Daniel Stevens, in Georgia nel 1984. Il film si fa portavoce degli ultimi minuti di vita di un codannato, perché il dibattito sulla pena di morte non si spenga mai.
Color and black and white Super 8 film supplements the death chamber audio recording of the US state of Georgia's 1984-botched execution of Alpha Otis O'Daniel Stevens. This film interprets the final minutes of a condemned mans existence in order to encourage continued debate over the practice of capital punishment in contemporary society.
Biografia - Biography:
Davis is an artist and teacher living in Northern California. His work investigates social and political issues, with an aesthetic rooted in experimentation and improvisation. His artwork exhibits internationally, previously at Transmediale in Berlin, Videoex in Zurich, and the Impakt Festival in Utrecht, as well as extensively throughout the US. His sound work originated as supplements to his films and videos, and has become an integral part of his artistic process. John has recorded music for the Root Strata label in San Francisco, and has upcoming releases on Students of Decay in Cincinnati, Ohio, and Digitalis Ltd. in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
2008, What for What
2007, Mark You Make Believe My Dear, Yes
2007, Hybrids of Plants and Ghosts
2005, Politics of Time
2005, Flore-Pleno
2005, Faces
2004, The Longest Day
2003, Between Subjects
2001, Candide
2000, Two Upbuilding Discourses
1999, Treadware
