Runa Islam: Rapid Eye Movement

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Video still captures a close up view of a woman mid-blink, exploiting the texture of her fair skin and dark eyebrows

Video still, Runa Islam, Rapid Eye Movement, 2002. Photo courtesy the artist.

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This is the U.S. premiere of Runa Islam’s short film (22 min.), Rapid Eye Movement (2002).

Islam, a London-based artist, makes short films and filmic installations to excavate and reveal the many aspects of film’s language. Her work serves to include the very seductive qualities of film, which is ordinarily occluded. In her newest work Rapid Eye Movement, Islam takes the understanding of film as a form of collective dreaming as a starting point for a luscious cinematic adventure.

Sponsors

The List Center’s programs are generously supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the Massachusetts Cultural Council, and the Council for the Arts at MIT. Special thanks to the British Consulate-General, Boston, Massachusetts.

Images

Video still captures a close up view of a woman mid-blink, exploiting the texture of her fair skin and dark eyebrows
Video still from Runa Islam of two women, facing each other, hiding behind paper face masks in front of a red wall
Video still from Runa Islam shows a dark red hallway leading to a blurry male figure in the background
Video still shot from the bottom of an ornate winding staircase looks up at rust colored patterned wallpaper
A suited figure sits left of a vacant train seat, which holds a patterned suitcase that matches the patterned cloth of its seat
Video still freezes on a woman, in front of a brick wall, with wind blown straight blonde hair covering her face
Two train passengers, a man and woman, look on at a third passenger, a frantic woman with hair in her face in a video still
A winged insect sits centered in a light skinned open palm against a blurred background in a video still

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