Corpus Camera

Topics

Art
History
Memory
Tradition

Original title: Corpus Camera
Director: Hrafnhildur Gunnarsdóttir, Sigurjón Baldur Hafsteinsson
Year: 1999
Country: Iceland
Duration: 57'
Language: Icelandic
Subtitles: English

Topics

Art
History
Memory
Tradition

Looking for consolation in the eyes of the departed, “Corpus Camera” lets escape a grim secret: post mortem photography has been a common practice for Icelanders for the past 100 hundred years, hunting their everyday lives behind closed doors and bolted windows.

This film is part of the following events:

4.11.10 → 18.11.10

NOVEMBER: Raising the dead

Corpus Camera
Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father

13.4.10 → 27.4.10

APRIL: Life cycles

The Edge of Dreaming
Corpus Camera