Stefania Ford

After shooting footage of a lone woman in a very voyeuristic manner and brainstorming and mind mapping I decided to focus on a sense of longing. The way in which I investigated space had a sort of sad, creeping quality. I also focused on slow panning and spiraling. As I ascended the steps of the leaning town of Pisa this weekend I thought about the build op of expectation, and what comes in-between longing and an end… in this case the photos I took of the steps kept the idea of spiraling and trying to get somewhere, though the viewer is still unaware. A few days ago, as I sat watching my laundry swirl in the machine at the laundry mat I began to write. Laundry is a pretty private thing, and watching your own private life circle round and round in a public place is a very strange sensation. You are on the outside looking in, a rather voyeuristic view of your own life… at least it gets you thinking about your life in a rather voyeuristic way… Laundry swirling ties to the spiraling I started in my film, connects in a personal manner, and contains an odd sad longing in itself. I hope to combine these three different types of footage in a successful way, the disconnect coming through voiced over sound…
Repetition, longing, spiraling, a woman’s life, interior emotions through only voice, not shown in film, only longing seen in film…