THE BEAUTIFUL ROOM IS EMPTY
2020 | 19:45 | English | Digital VideoLink available upon request
Marie, a retired elementary school principle, must confront spaces concrete and virtual, as she attempts to navigate the ghosts of her childhood.
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“Haddad’s The Beautiful Room is Empty explores the loaded memories of space through his aunt, Marie, (re)visiting her childhood home and recalling the abuse she endured there. […] What have the walls been listening to? What have they absorbed, retained, and released upon a return, a farewell?”
- Sarah Sarofim, Canadian Art
produced by REBECCA CLARKE / sound by EVERETT MAJOR / additional photography by AMAN SAMRA / KALIL HADDAD, 2020