AN AESTHETIC OF ASTONISHMENT: EARLY FILM AND THE (IN) CREDULOUS SPECTATOR
AN AESTHETIC OF ASTONISHMENT: EARLY FILM AND THE (IN) CREDULOUS SPECTATOR
The Inuit people live in the arctic region of North America. They are people confined for months in shelters during the long Arctic winter, when it is dark both day and night. With vast stretches of snow and ice reaching to the horizon in every direction, the men would go hunting on long treks alone, not returning home for days or weeks. In their art, the Inuit are impelled to make sense of this being confined and going out, this feeling of being far away, and coming back in to the center. The m