Douglas Gordon

In the video installation from 1995 Gordon uses director John Ford’s old western film “The Searcher” from 1956. Gordon has manipulated and greatly expanded the film so that it lasts as long as the period depicted - five years! The result is a western film in extreme slow motion. Accentuating the clichés but permitting the beauty of the cinematography to emerge, it allows us to experience a well-known film genre in completely new ways.