“A series of improvised variations on the concept of ‘place,’ The Sole of the Foot explores ideas of belonging, isolation, and displacement. I filmed in France, Israel, and Cuba, among populations whose claim to belonging and identity are contested by others who assert a superior right to belong. I chose these locations because of questions I have about my own sense of belonging and of place. The sound in the film moves in-and-out of sync; the film itself is in color. Color, like sync sound, creates an illusion of presence. By using location sound, and moving it in or out of sync, I try alternately to enhance or mute a sense of alienation and disorientation – touched by improvisation – creating a space wherein viewers may contemplate their own train of thought as equal participants in an act of imaginative co-creation.” – Robert Fenz
