Dingbox
Aoibheann Greenan
Contributors
Dominic Kennedy- Sound design
Synopsis
Dingbox (2020) by Aoibheann Greenan draws on the internet phenomenon of unboxing videos, pushing the format’s haptic qualities to elicit its strangely seductive power. Dingbox performs the unboxing dynamic as burlesque, stretching the narrative structure to its logical extreme. The film loops indefinitely, mimicking the cycle of production- consumption built on hidden labor and discarded waste.
Concept & Technique
Dingbox was made with a single viewer on a laptop/phone screen in mind and treats the latter as a proscenium through which the flow of events unfold. The work seeks to amplify the haptic, affective, dramaturgical and sculptural quality of unboxing videos. While the camera remains mostly static, the elaborately constructed box becomes a ‘moving image’ in itself. Greenscreen inserts allow for subtle digital tweaks, creating ambiguous oscillations between surface and depth. Dingbox draws from the work of early cinema practitioners who embraced the new technology as a means for staging heightened illusions. Unboxing videos share a similar demonstrative mode of address, the viewer is kept partially immersed but always aware of the construction.
Screenings
2021- Aemi Online
2021- Film London Selected Program; Nottingham Contemporary; Spike Island, Bristol; Fabrica, Brighton; Phoenix, Leicester
2021- New Contemporaries; Firstsite, Colchester; South London Gallery
2021- Film London Selected Program; Nottingham Contemporary; Spike Island, Bristol; Fabrica, Brighton; Phoenix, Leicester
2021- New Contemporaries; Firstsite, Colchester; South London Gallery
Reading
Details
Title
Dingbox
Year
2020
Genres
Performance, Social Commentary, Surrealist
Topics
Industry, technology
Key phrases
Consumerism
Duration
00:05:09 (looped)
Original formats
Digital 4k
Screening formats
Digital 4K
Aspect ratio
16:9
Colour
Colour
Sound
Yes
