The Lighting

21min | 3 channel videoinstallation | color & b/w | OV Cantonese, Chinese, French | English ST

Synopsis

The Lighting aims to revisit issues of discrimination rooted in technological development and image production. Three professional Togolese photographers explore how to use instruments to compensate for insufficient exposure while shooting dark skin tones. A leading software engineer, developing facial recognition algorithms at Taiwan's MediaTek, talks about how a newly-created camera algorithm is very popular on the African continent.

Festivals/awards

2022
72 Berlinale FORUM EXPANDED
38 Shortfilm Festival Hamburg