The Sliding Doorway [2010]

Videostill/photo: Ruben Diaz / Courtesy SPECTA

Installation: glass with text [numbers], black coated mdf, lightboxes with text [chaptes of the script], 2 videoprojectors,
manuscripts, HDV video, sound.

While reflecting upon the idea of identity as continuous, interrelational acts of identification with our surroundings,
I wrote a script of 30 + 1 scenes from my real life relations, or just brief meetings, with people that basically had changed
my mental, spiritual, ideological, psychological direction in life. And my “identity”.

31 was = my age in 2010 according to the roman suncalendar, 30 was = my age according to the chinese lunar calendar.
Afterwards, I asked 7 Hollywood actors to perform the script with no prior rehearsals. While shooting, I also interviewed
them about their profesional acting techniques. Interestingly, they almost seemed too secure or acting while being themselves,
while their unprepared, insecure performances of my script revealed strong emotions. After all, an actor is a professional imitator
of identification.

Credits

Video:
Director / Script / Editing: Jette Hye Jin Mortensen
Camera / Stills: Ruben Diaz
Actors: 
Claudia Cooper
Erika Culverson
Dave Hernandez
Julie Marie Lewis
Michael Michaud
Eliezer Ortiz
Daniel Van Thomas
Runner / Catering: Javier Tapia
Co-casting: Mette Hersoug
Songs / lyrics: Portishead, Nick Drake
Thanks to: Silverman Studios Hollywood, Ditlev Marboe

Installation:
Villy Jæger 
Jæger Holding A/S
Kitchn®
Poul Erik Olesen
Laust Overgaard Jensen
Svend Kjærhede
Henrik Gadegaard
Anders Hornebo
Lars Clemmensen