expérimental Canada/Québec 2016 français 0:06:00
Respondere poursuit la réflexion sur la difficulté de nommer des sentiments violents. Sur un écran d’ordinateur est ouvert un message blanc. Apparaissent les lettres, qui tentent, par essai et erreur, de mettre en mots la douleur amoureuse. Un mot écrit, puis effacé, est remplacé par un autre. La phrase entière est ensuite effacée et la rédaction reprend.
La bande présente les multiples tentatives de réponse à une simple phrase : je m’ennuie de toi. A terme, le brouillon est sauvegardé, non envoyé, et sera retravaillé à perpétuité.
Jennifer Alleyn’s interdisciplinary practice takes the form of films, videos, installations and photographs. Since the late 1990s, her work has been shown regularly in Quebec and abroad. The exploration of the relationship between reality and fiction appears implicitly in her research. She is also interested in the creative process and this is reflected in the subjects of several projects. Her works have been awarded in major festivals and exhibited by major Quebec institutions. After L’atelier de mon père and Dix fois Dix, in 2018, she created the film Impetus, which intersects with self-fiction and cinema-vérité. For this film, which pushes the boundaries of the hybrid form, she received the prix Création 2019 awarded by l’Observatoire du cinéma au Québec and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences of the University of Montreal for “her exceptional contribution to Quebec cinematography.” She has a bachelor’s degree from Concordia University (1991). She lives and works in Montreal.