FRAMES FOR THE FILM SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK

“THE END IS BUILT INTO THE BEGINNING”

THEATRE DIRECTOR CADEN COTARD STRUGGLES WITH HIS WORK, AND THE WOMEN IN HIS LIFE, AS HE CREATES A LIFE-SIZE REPLICA OF NEW YORK CITY INSIDE A WAREHOUSE AS PART OF HIS NEW PLAY. CADEN CASTS ACTORS AS CHARACTERS FROM HIS OWN LIFE TO LIVE OUT HIS MOMENT TO MOMENT MUNDANITY WITH METICULOUS PRECISION. EACH FRAME EXPLORES THEMES OF DEATH, DESTRUCTION, DECAY, AND THE EVENTUAL UNRAVELING OF HEALTH, FAMILY, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND LOVE.

PERSONAL PROJECT