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The Impostor (2003)

The Impostor poster
Directed by
Daniel Cockburn
Genre
drama film
Country
Canada

How it feels

A short experimental video piece shows a person struggling with the anxiety of creating art. The work uses a formal style that pays homage to a pioneering video artist while expressing the creator's own doubts.

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What happens

The Impostor (hello goodbye) is a 2003 Canadian short experimental film by video artist Daniel Cockburn, one of several works commissioned for The Colin Campbell Sessions and inspired by the makings of video art pioneer Colin Campbell for the Tranz Tech festival. Cockburn's video draws formally on Campbell's style while at the same time metaphorically expresses the artist's anxiety in making the video itself. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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