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Director David Lynch and Emily Stofle at the Cannes Film Festival in 2017. (Matthias Nareyek/Getty Images)
AVERY GORDON

Meghna Singh and Simon Wood’s five creative inspirations behind ‘Container’

The creative partners behind the short virtual reality film ‘Container’ share their sources of inspiration

  • Meghna Singh
  • Simon Wood
2 min read
“What rises in Container is the dead. And their memory. And an urgent demand for, as Singh argues, not so much a return to the past, but a reckoning with its repression in the present.” (Photo: Michael Klein)
2017 GLOBAL ESTIMATES OF SLAVERY REPORT

Review: Ghosts that cannot be contained

The short film Container, which straddles virtual reality and fine art installation, provides a visceral re-examination of both historical and late capitalism

  • Niren Tolsi
6 min read