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Inspired by Ingmar Bergman's The Silence (1963), Duologue is a two-screen work investigating döppelgangers and repetition. The piece shows mirror images that are trapped in perpetual non-communication (like the sisters Ester and Anna in Bergman's masterpiece), wandering aimlessly through corridors but never getting anywhere. The repeated motif of feet, echo the young boy Johan in Bergman's film who comments on Anna's feet as, "walking around with you, all by themselves." The repetition becomes suffocating and monotonous through a meditative looping soundtrack working in conjunction with slow-paced somnolent imagery. |
Image: © Esther Johnson |
CREDITS & TECHNICAL INFORMATION
– Image, Sound & Edit Esther Johnson – Year 2000 – Duration 00:08:55 – Language n/a – Country of Production UK – Production Format MiniDV Pal – Viewing Copy DVD Pal – Screening/Exhibition Format MiniDV/DVD Pal – Versions 1 and 2 screen – Aspect Ratio 1:1.33 – Picture B/W – Sound Stereo – Cast RCJ – Distribution Blanche Pictures |
EXHIBITION, SCREENINGS & AWARDS
– Becks Futures Award Winner, ICA, London 2001 Also toured to Sotherby's, New York; Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh; Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool; Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle (sponsored by the Guardian and supported by Dazed and Confused) – 291 Gallery London 2001 – After Silence Royal College of Art, London 2001 |
![[Duologue by Esther Johnson]](../Images/Duologue01EstherJohnsonWeb.jpg "[Duologue by Esther Johnson]")