A Plot, A Scandal (2023)
Ligia Lewis filmed A Plot, A scandal in the historic quarters of Rimini, Italy, a site the artist sees as upholding “Eurocentric ideals of (white) Man’s dominion over the land.” One recurring aspect of the landscape, the towering cypress trees in ordered rows, stands as an example. The film opens with the sonic resonance of the church bell portrayed later as a towering monument, pointing to Christian ideals that served as both a precursor to the Enlightenment and bedfellow in maintaining this hierarchical order. Weaving together multiple historical epics with political and mythical narratives, the work uses ideas of spectacle and scandal to address the continued dispossession of “Europe’s Others,” as Lewis describes them. [Overview courtesy of The Whitney Museum]
Director: Ligia Lewis
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Ligia Lewis as Self |
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Corey Scott-Gilbert as Self |
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George Lewis Jr. as Voice Over |
| Lighting | Manuel Rossi | Assistant Gaffer |
| Editing | Dragana Jovanović | Editor |
| Lighting | Robert Samplawski | Gaffer |
| Sound | George Lewis Jr. | Music |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sadak | Costume Design |
| Camera | Moritz Freudenberg | Director of Photography |
| Sound | George Lewis Jr. | Sound Designer |
| Directing | Ligia Lewis | Director |
| Sound | Wynne Bennett | Music |
| Editing | Moritz Freudenberg | Colorist |
| Writing | Ligia Lewis | Writer |
| Production | Celine Rodrigues Monteiro | Producer |
| Art | Ligia Lewis | Production Design |
| Sound | Guillermo E. Brown | Musician |
| Art | Moritz Freudenberg | Production Design |
| Art | Govoi | Title Designer |
| Lighting | Elisabeth Rooth | Assistant Gaffer |
| Camera | Ferdinand Klotzky | First Assistant Camera |
