
Lost Book Found 1996
Overview
The result of over five years of Super-8 and 16mm filming on New York City streets, Lost Book Found melds documentary and narrative into a complex meditation on city life. The piece revolves around a mysterious notebook filled with obsessive listings of places, objects, and incidents. These listings serve as the key to a hidden city: a city of unconsidered geographies and layered artifactsβthe relics of low-level capitalism and the debris of countless forgotten narratives. The project stems from
Director: Jem Cohen