Terrace is an extract from Journey to Italy (1954) Dir. Roberto Rossellini, accompanied by a printed text.
The video consists of a 1 minute episode in Journey to Italy where the couple are taken out to admire the view of the Bay of Naples in the distance. The host points out two or three of the surrounding geographic features. The couple glance at it, comment and the party return inside.
The video extract has a short interval between each play. The printed text transposes the host’s commentary to a view of the Straits of Gibraltar from a viewing platform which encompasses the panorama of similar geographic features to those described in the balcony scene.
The Mediterranean is described as a topography and geography of sameness and mutability.