This is an essay club run by Anna Banerjee and Kate Snyder. We’ve built this space for our friends and loved ones to share their thoughts, discuss what they’ve been thinking about, and (ideally) communally figure out how to move forward with more intention and faith in a thoughtful future.
We named Certified Copy after Abbas Kiarostami’s film of the same name. Kiarostami’s Certified Copy is focused on the seemingly ever-recontextualizing nature of the relationship between its two protagonists, and the way in which different frames of viewing affect its comprehension. Here, a certified copy is a lens: what if the copy is just as true as its origin?
We’re constantly constructing and reconstructing digitality and physicality, both playing a part in originating and copying. We aim to provide a physical component to the club by mailing copies of the essays as well as relevant questions, documents, and ephemera to anyone who requests them.
A certified copy... if you will.
It’s important to note that, while some members may be teachers, we (Anna & Kate) are certainly not. We hope to facilitate a salon-like environment, but please don’t take anything we say too seriously (not that we think you do).