‘OVER AGAINST’

Montaged footage of Saturday morning clientele vacating a crowded inner western Sydney train station platform then walking single file across a narrow footbridge to Sydney’s largest fruit and vegetable market is edited together with diagonally aligned glimpses of estranged neoclassical sculptures and urban utilitarian constructs.

  • David Anthony Sant
    Director
  • Felix Blume
    Sound
  • David Anthony Sant
    Video Footage
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short
  • Genres:
    video art, artist film
  • Runtime:
    5 minutes 2 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    August 28, 2016
  • Country of Origin:
    Australia
  • Country of Filming:
    Australia
  • Shooting Format:
    HD video
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • ‘Five Lamps Film Night'
    Derby
    United Kingdom
    January 31, 2017
    U.K. premiere
  • ‘Festival Images Contre Nature’
    Marseille
    France
    July 6, 2017
  • ‘The 15th edition of flEXiff 2002-2022’
    Sydney
    Australia
    September 23, 2017
  • ‘25º Fesancor’ (25th edition)
    Santiago, Valparaíso and Puerto Montt
    Chile
    September 25, 2017
  • Traverse Video (21st edition)
    Toulouse
    France
    March 8, 2018
  • Rencontres Traverse Video
    Decazeville
    France
    April 14, 2018
  • Video - A Group Exhibition
    Dallas, Texas
    United States
    September 1, 2018
  • BUMP TV
    Toronto
    Canada
    October 8, 2018
  • The Chachalaca Review
    Rio Grande Valley, Texas
    United States
    April 1, 2019
  • Samples – MÉXICO #7
    Vancouver
    Canada
    June 14, 2019
  • ‘Riurbanizzazioni’: OGA - Ospizio Giovani Artisti
    Rome
    Italy
    December 9, 2019
  • Between an Egg and a Wall
    Fort Worth, Texas
    United States
    June 2, 2023
Director Biography - David Anthony Sant

Born in Sydney, Australia. David Anthony Sant is an educator and maker of artist films. His film making achievements are recognised by the significant number of international film festivals and film making collectives who have screened his work over a time span of more than twenty years.

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Director Statement

I attempt to explore the visual language of the moving image with every film I create. A subject that re-occurs in many of my films is the passage of the urban experience within urban localities.