The 16mm film ‘Wide Open in the Shape of an Enormous Fan’ is a frenetic exploration of contemporary Marseille. The soundtrack, a hyperreal fiction, is paired with the languid footage of the city, creating a sensory overload that mirrors the city itself. Foley signals beyond what is visible in each frame. A handheld POV leads us through these public and private spaces. The title adapts the opening lines of Claude McKay’s 1929 novel ‘Romance in Marseille’.

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