Obadiah Russon

TWICE (2024)

14 min 41 sec2 channel installation / Digital Video / Colour / Sound

EXT. SUBURBAN STREET DUSK

Young woman crouches on the side of a quiet, semi-rural street, waiting. Light rain; it is a humid night in Auckland. Dark clouds hover overhead.

Beat-up Honda pulls up, driven by another young woman. The waiting girl runs to the car, dropping a bag on the back seat.

The car pulls out and they drive, the sun lowering on the horizon. City lights begin to appear around them.

EXT. CITY CAR PARK ROOF NIGHT

Honda waiting alone in car park.

Two young women appear at the top of the stairs, and walk towards the car. Sky black-blue, moon hangs low above the horizon.

The car doors slam. Silence falls.

Girls stare ahead.

The car starts and descends the levels of the carpark, leaving the city.

They drive, just breaking dawn follows behind them. 

Obadiah Russon

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