Ready
to Cope
2006, 7 minutes |
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When denial is a national
crisis, the psychological implications of security issues
become paramount. In resistance to Canada’s recent Anti-Terrorism
Act, READY TO COPE comments on the ways in which society’s
chronic obsession for safety and security has become both
a private and public crutch. Edited from clips from horror
and science fiction films, thrillers, self-help guides and
motivational instruction videos, READY TO COPE is an impassioned
record of collective anxiety. The characters are in an unknown
tragedy: the baths they take, the halls they walk down, and
the air they breathe become more important than the crisis
itself. READY TO COPE is made from the moments before and
after, when the plot is at an impasse and the dialogue is
silenced, forming a new yet familiar narrative of defensiveness
and self-protection. |
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