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Dir. Mika Rottenberg & Mahyad Tousi
2022 | 89 mins | USA
English, South Korean, Persian, Spanish, Croatian, Hindi with English subtitles
In a post-pandemic near future, five women around the world, all fans of a popular South Korean dog-groomer-performer, discover mysterious portals in their homes.
In a post-pandemic future, five women living in different parts of the world—all of them fans of a popular South Korean dog-groomer-performer (Joony Kim)—discover a mysterious portal hidden in each of their homes with universe-altering consequences. Co-created by Mika Rottenberg and Mahyad Tousi, REMOTE explores what it means to be connected in an age of technology and convenience.
The film follows Unoaku (Okwui Okpokwasili), an expat architect who works from her solarpunk apartment in Kuala Lumpur. We meet Unoaku in the flow of her rituals, performed with calm diligence from the moment she wakes to the end of her day when she watches dog grooming videos to relax.
Her calm is disrupted when she buys a pass to an online show featuring a South Korean dog groomer named Eunji (Joony Kim) and her dog, Soju. While watching, Unoaku observes an anomaly invisible to all other viewers. The experience leaves her questioning her mental state, disrupting the clockwork flow of her daily routines. Her state of mind takes a turn for the better when Anu (Nikita Tewani), another fan of Eunji & Soju’s show, contacts Unoaku with news that she, too, can see the anomaly.
Anu introduces Unoaku to a network of women who share their experience: Ramesh (Pooya Mohseni), Matija (Antonia Predovan), and Kami (Yvette Mercedes). The women’s quest for answers leads them to discover that they are connected to each other and the groomer through a mysterious portal hidden in each of their homes. Searching for answers, they must find a way to convince Eunji to join them.
ABOUT THE PRODUCTION
REMOTE was produced, cast, and crewed primarily in New York City and in the Hudson Valley during the Spring of 2021. The film was shot on sets built on Mika Rottenberg’s Studio in Tivoli, NY; at Saugerties Performing Arts Factory in Saugerties, NY; and on locations in Kingston, NY and Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
The story grew out of a weekly conversation between friends and collaborators Mika Rottenberg and Mahyad Tousi about how people around the world were physically isolated and yet still able to connect through technology during the onset of the Covid pandemic. By late 2020, a script was borne out of those conversations.
Production was commissioned by Artangel, London, UK; the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, DK; and Moderna Museet, Stockholm, SE; in association with Hauser & Wirth. The film was completed with support by MOCA’s Environmental Council, Los Angeles, US; Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, CA; X Museum, Beijing, CN; and the Busan Biennale, KR.
VENUE: EXETER PHOENIX, STUDIO 74
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