Aboard the Pater Noster

by Daniel Conrad

24/18 min, 35mm, 2008

A little tribe of humans tries to make sense of their dehumanized lives while passing through Prague. At first, they ride a "pater noster," a cyclical, continuous elevator in which multiple, door-less cars are strung along the cables like beads on a rosary. Then they board a streetcar, cycling in an endless loop through Prague. We are submerged in our cities, so the cycles of our lives are invisible. This film offers new ways of looking, using variations on themes of circularity, the craving for human contact, and a sense of being simultaneously alone and together.

24/18 min, 35mm, 2008