Single Wide

Hubbard / Birchler created their film Single Wide as a loop, which becomes a nightmare for the protagonist, as it were, because there is no escape from it: A young woman leaves the house emotionally excited with a packed bag, sits down in the pick-up truck parked in front, accelerates the car and breaks through the wall of the house. She then takes her bag, frees herself from the wreck through the passenger door and suddenly finds herself inside the house again.
The scene of the nocturnal occurrence is a typical American detached house in an abandoned neighbourhood. It is one of those American prefabricated houses, no wider than a traffic lane (‘single wide’), which can be delivered, ready for occupancy, almost anywhere by a lorry. Hubbard / Birchler circle the house in an extended tracking shot. Since it has no rear wall and thus offers a view into the interior space, the set-like character of the scene is laid bare. The plot is short and allows for various interpretations, depending on when the viewer begins watching the loop. Single Wide unfolds a subtle play with filmic strategies of staging, with which Hubbard / Birchler also question the relationship between space and time.