Mount Shasta plays with conventions of text / image relations, the fallability of narrative drive, the mismatch between the written word and its performative visualization. Husain's story is about a mountain trip waylaid by a fog which turns out to be the smoke from a destructive fire. In a sense, this could be a way of understanding Mount Shasta as a film. The elements that envelop this gorgeous film in mystery (is this avant-garde? a narrative short? a children's film?) are also the ones that threaten to unmake it at every turn, since "the spell" is always already about our ability to turn away from its blatant disenchantment. - Michael Sicinski THE ACADEMIC HACK
Puppeteers CHRIS CURRERI, KEVIN HEGGE, ALEX WOLFSON Song by MANTLER Vocals and Piano CHRIS A.CUMMINGS Guitars ERNEST AGBUYA, MATIAS ROZENBERG
Camera IRIS NG Camera Assistant SARAH MULLHOLLAND Set BOJANA STANCIC Director Assistant LIZ PETERSON Costumes ANTHONY HILL Shoes RUTH SPITZER Sound MATT SMITH Catering PHONSAVANH PHRASAVATH Thank you HEATHER HAYNES, PAT JOYES, KEITH COLE, SAMEER FAROOQ, DANIEL COCKBURN, MARKUS ZIEGLER supported by Goethe Institut, Toronto and Toronto Free Gallery
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