I am at the grocery store three to five times a week. It has become a ritual, picking out the items, going over the shopping list, interacting with the same people year after year. It seems to me, an important aspect of my and many other people’s lives. Something utterly familiar. Though filmed it becomes somewhat mysterious, seen anew, to be rethought about. The vertical orientation of the film reaffirms looking ahead as we follow the trajectory and shape of the shopping cart moving down the narrow aisles, as well as following the gaze of the filmmaker as he walks forward.

Director Biography

Harry Roseman received a BFA at Pratt. He was a tenured professor of Art at Vassar College. Over the years his art career moved between genres, sculpture, drawing, photography, and video. His work is in a number of major museums including, The Cincinnati Art Museum, the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, The Menil Collection, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, and the Walker Art Museum. Two of his most ambitious public commissions are in the NYC Subway and JFK Airport. Recently he had two small animations at the Blue Star Animation Festival in San Antonio, TX. His film Temple of the Six Banyan Trees was screened at the Video and Experimental Film Festival, NYC, in 2023. His work can be seen on Vimeo and YouTube.

Director Statement

I am at the grocery store three to five times a week. It has become a ritual, picking out the items, going over the shopping list, interacting with the same people year after year. It seems to me, an important aspect of my and many other people’s lives. Something utterly familiar. Though filmed it becomes somewhat mysterious, seen anew, to be rethought about.