Door Games Window Frames: Near Drama

Door Games Window Frames: Near Drama is originally a generative 3-channel projection consisting of sequences of open-ended drama based on a database of about 500 movie clips extracted from HK Cantonese thrillers and melodramas from the early 1960s. The automated drama explores the mannerism and formulaic structures of such films. A key feature of these clips and films is the frequent use of the opening and closing of doors to introduce a scene, and the use of windows to highlight emotively charged moments in melodrama. In this piece, I have turned such door and window movements literally into a unique propeller of drama.