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Little Ghost Girl

Adriane Little
United States, 2018, 4 min.

In English.

AIFF Award Winner:
Best Experimental Short

This video was inspired by Karen McCadden's poem "Little Ghost Girl" as read by McCadden for the video. The video translates the brief and lyrical exchanges between loss and that which haunts us.

Director's Statement

Adriane Little is a lens-based conceptual artist and educator based in Kalamazoo, Michigan. By both jury and invitation, her work has received national and international recognition in film festivals, solo and group exhibitions. Her artwork has been included in over 100 exhibitions in 57 different venues in 52 international cities and in 91 different venues in 72 U.S. cities, including 9 in New York City. Adriane Little's studio practice is supported by research at the intersection of trauma, ritual and an absence of the maternal body. The translation of this space is embedded within what she calls the matrilineal ghost.

Category: Experimental, Award Winner.
Themes: Poetry, Writer.

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