Ryan Stec

Video by Véronique Couillard and Ryan Stec

6 min 59 sec (2005)

Motel to Motel is an experimental travelogue back dropped against the slowly eroding nostalgic atmosphere of the roadside motel. The work blends experimental and documentary approaches with photographic and cinematic influences as it follows a couple through cool and playful snapshots of green shag carpets, bedspread evening wear, questionable games, migrant Cape Breton workers and some deliriousness.

Commissioned by SAW Video (Ottawa, Canada) and Modern Fuel (Kingston, Canada) for their program – Folie-à-deux.