call me back2024
A hand dials a number; ringing; no answer.
A hand dials a number; ringing; no answer.
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Call me back is a video and sound installation. It presents four scenes — seemingly static — accompanied by the recurring sound of a woman’s voicemail, unanswered across multiple calls.
The crackling audio is paired with a slow shift in focus within each shot. A gradual zoom-out carries the viewer from the intimacy of a car interior to the vast isolation of a snow-covered plain.
Eventually, each of the four frames becomes subtly warped by a final wide-angle lens, reinforcing the distance and disconnection brought on by the lack of response.
Inspired by Downtown: Tilt, Zoom and Pan by Mark Lewis (2005) and the works of Michael Snow, Call me back reflects on the spatial dynamics shaped by mediated communication and the way isolation — often mistaken for solitude — takes form in our relationships.
Duration: 3:56 min