Transitions (Barbara Sternberg, 1982)
Transitions is a film of inner life and speaks of time, reality, power. It depicts the disquieting sensations of being in-between-between falling asleep and being awake, between here and there, between being and non-being.
“Barbara Sternberg’s beautifully textured Transitions explores the psychic architecture of a woman’s place. How do the spaces in which we dwell both express our desires and control them? A woman lies halfway between sleep and wakefulness, not quite dreaming, not quite conscious in a luminosity that is paralyzing. Almost directly opposite Marin’s interpretation of place as visual permanence, Transitions presents a veritable acoustic space as voices, memories, and sounds from the outside encase a woman’s body and consciousness.” - Janine Marchessault (x)