Chameleon
Tanya Syed, 1990, UK, 16mm, 5'
Chameleon proposes a visual dialogue between the seen, the recognised and the unrecognised. A woman searches through an interior landscape, a space where she is both trapped and contained. Her dress, a projected image of femaleness, becomes her vehicle of expression. Through rhythmic intercutting the film moves silently toward the point of confrontation; the woman opens the door to the outside world. This moment of violent interaction is shockingly emphasised though the film’s only sound.



