Hyperopia, the two-channel video installation by Amant resident artists Ruth Angel Edwards and Chloée Maugile, unravels like a contemporary fable, weaving together sci-fi, folk traditions, and the disorienting allure of psychedelia. Told through a series of fragmented vignettes, the film navigates a hyper-real and claustrophobic landscape where communication is not only amplified but almost suffocating. The characters, in search of connection and caught in a frantic urgency to project their egos, inhabit a space where every gesture and word reverberates with heightened intensity.

Set against the Cambridgeshire countryside, in and around the decommissioned 1950s Mullard Radio Telescope factory, Hyperopia plays with the tension between constructed environments and the natural world. The film reflects upon the dissonance between mediated realities and the tangible world as its characters move among the remnants of obsolete technology. In so doing, it evokes modern day anxieties—a deep unease stemming from the ceaseless amplification of self and the ways in which connection itself can increasingly feel like alienation.

In Hyperopia, technology becomes a site for modern myth-making; the future feels unfocused, and humor shapes the endless search for connection despite the distortions of mediated existence.

Hyperopia will screen at 316 Ten Eyck as a drive-in. The event is free, and all are welcome with prior registration. Following the screening, there will be a reception at Our Wicked Lady, a bar one block away at 153 Morgan Ave.

Film credits

The cast includes BAFTA-nominated Kierston Wareing, whose credits include Fish Tank, Top Boy, Luther, and British soap East Enders; and folk singer Mataio Austin Dean. The soundtrack includes music by Stanislav Iordanov, Blightcaster, Angel D'Lite, and Happy Mondays.

Hyperopia was funded by Arts Council England, Wysing Arts Centre, and the Elephant Trust.

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