COURTISANE FESTIVAL 2026: 1-5 April

Those That, at a Distance, Resemble Another

Jessica Sarah Rinland
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UK, AR, ES
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2019
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67'

With an elephant's ivory tusk as the protagonist, Those That, at a Distance, Resemble Another meditates upon the endless tactility of museological and ecological conservation, inviting reflection upon forms of representation, replicas, and embodiments of various materials, disciplines, and institutions. 

 

A gripping, mesmerising restoration drama which uses a series of close-ups of hands to tell a powerful story about how natural resources are preserved and transformed
Laura Davis, Sight & Sound Magazine  

One of the year’s most aesthetically intoxicating and subtly thought-provoking new films
Jordan Cronk, Film Comment