Me

Running time: 2 min. 30 sec.
A digital experimental film.

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Synopsis
Since November 2001, I have been taking a picture of myself every day. Put together in a video the days fly by at roughly a week per second, blending together to make a new image that transforms over time. The resulting portrait creates a tension between continuous film image and individual photos brought to the foreground occasionally by stray cropped edges. Through its flickering instability, Me becomes a meditation on image, identity, and ultimately, mortality. This installment covers three years of a long-term project intended to continue indefinitely.

Credits
Director/subject: Ahree Lee
Music: "Music for Me " by Nathan Melsted

Festivals

2005 version of film:

International Short Film Festival Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
December 2006

2003 version of film:

Silver Lake Film Festival
Los Angeles, California
September 2004

Film Fest New Haven
New Haven, Connecticut
September 2004

Los Angeles International Short Film Festival
Los Angeles, California
September 2004

Light Plays Tricks 6 Short Film Festival
Kingston, Ontario, Canada
May 2003

Exhibitions/Performances

Command Z: New Work in Digital
Photography
Torrance Art Museum
Torrance, CA
31 March–26 May 2007

Watch It: When Art and TV Meet
SAC Gallery, Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY
30 November–21 December 2006

MULTI–
Arts+Literature Laboratory
New Haven, CT
May–June 2005

Play
Collaboration with Adele Myers and Dancers
Merce Cunningham Studio
New York, NY
April 2005

City-Wide Open Studios
New Haven, CT
October 2002

Broadcasts

"Chasing Life," A CNN special report with Dr. Sanjay Gupta, April 2007.

A 24 Frame Project: One Year
Sundance Channel
Airs January 2005–2008

Awards

Audience Award: Second Place
Short Films – Experimental
Film Fest New Haven

Jury Award: Honorable Mention
Short Films – Experimental
Film Fest New Haven

Selected Media

Sarno, David. “A fast-forward trip through time’s passage.” L. A. Times, 15 April 2007.

Schneider, Keith. “Look at Me, World! Self-Portraits Morph Into Internet Movies.” New York Times, 18 March 2007.

Kirsner, Scott. “All the World’s a Stage
(That Includes the Internet).” New York Times, 15 February 2007.

“The Year in Online Video.” Wired News, 26 December 2006.

Q&A by Filmmaker Greg Pak, AsianAmericanFilm.com, 26 September 2006.

Inside Edition, 20 September 2006.

Sennhauser, Peter. “Die unglaubliche Geschichte der Lee.” Tages Anzeiger (Switzerland), 4 September 2006.

The Today Show, 18 August 2006.

ABC World News Webcast, 17 August 2006.

BBC News, 17 August 2006.

City News (Toronto, Canada), 12 August 2006.

“Daily Viral Video.” TV Week, 11 August 2006.