Sydney Premiere

YOU ARE HERE

Thu 11th August | 6:30pm | Dendy Opera Quays

Dir: Daniel Cockburn, Canada, 2010, 78 min | Cast: Tracy Wright, Nadia Litz, Anand Rajaram

Acclaimed video artist Daniel Cockburn’s first feature is a brainy, humorous, philosophical challenge

A series of strange thought experiments. An archivist in search of meaning. A mysterious call centre with a geo-locating agenda. A door that shouldn’t be there. Strung together, these cryptic vignettes construct a labyrinthine narrative, a brain teaser both cerebral and playful. Who are we? where are we going? To what extent does experience, memory, the subconscious and the intricate inner-workings of the mind determine the answers?

You Are Here is an experimental meta-fiction about finding identity and purpose in a self-regulating world which hardly seems to need us anymore. Like an invitation to journey within a life-sized map of the human brain peopled with odd but endearing characters, it explores the very nature of consciousness. Formally and intellectually adventurous, it’s an incredibly rewarding puzzle to solve.

Screens with short film “Wapusk” (Hubert Davis, 10min)

“Inventive and multi-layered, You Are Here is a brilliantly organized first feature full of philosophical ideas and tremendous energy.” – Atom Egoyan