Quatre Mains

2020 | Two-Channel video and sound installation

4:30 Minutes, loop | H264 | Stereo sound without language

Quatre mains re-examines the relationship between hands and our identity in a split screen showing in comparison the daily interaction of a young and an aged pair of hands.

Set up like an audio-visual experiment, Noesen examines these every-day gestures for their visual symbolism in cinema to understand the bridge and rupture between youth and old age. In this visual dialogue of bodily mechanics, these hands tell the story of different generations facing a similar reality.

The work is installed horizontally, so that the viewers watch the video in the same way as they would look at their own hands.

Writer and Director: Suzan Noesen
Cinematographer: Amandine Klee
Image and Sound Editor: Pia Dumont
Color Correction: Pascal Oberlin
Installation construction: Fernand Wictor, Felix Wictor

Video funded by Cercle Cité Luxembourg, Ministère de la Culture Luxembourg, Oeuvre Grande-Duchesse Charlotte Fonds stART-up