Not a Drop

Not a Drop presents 11 individuals in the act of dish doing. The audio consists of the participants divulging stories of conflict with family members, lovers, and roommates surrounding this ordinary chore. They share their processes, relationship to water, and how some of their methods have changed through criticism they received regarding water usage. This task is at times frustrating and tedious while at others it can be calming and meditative. Anxieties and tensions are revealed as well as the potential for a moment of respite in one’s day. Movement patterns emerge and gracefully flow through the practice of this personal activity. Not a Drop is a study of gesture, focusing on a necessary, banal activity.

  • Kaja Levy de la Vie
    Director
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Experimental
  • Runtime:
    33 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    January 5, 2018
  • Country of Origin:
    Canada
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Kaja Levy de la Vie

Kaja’s moving image work explores the theatrics of expressing sensitivity. She is interested in conveying emotion and the spectacle of sensitivity through film and video. Her work explores the tension in the inability to discern between imagined perspectives and realities. She has presented at fine venues such as Galerie FOFA, the Objet Sonore lecture series, matralab, the Academy of Art Video Art, the Winnipeg Underground Film Festival, Film Pop Montreal, and Long Winter Toronto.

Kaja graduated from the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema in 2016. She was born in Poland and is now based in Tiohtià:ke (Montréal), unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory. She is a member of Available Light Screening Collective.

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Director Statement

What does it mean to waste water? What are the criticisms roommates and relatives dump on us for not doing the dishes "correctly"? Is manual dish washing ever satisfying or a just a quotidian chore? Is it just about dishes?