Synopsis

A Space of Time is not a story, it is a space that contains one. David, the main narrator, is a homeless person who has found shelter in a century-old abandoned building. Once settled he starts suffering temporal lobe epileptic attacks and having visual and auditory hallucinations. Reality then becomes a mix between his past, the building's past and their common present. As he explores and inhabits the aged structure he comes to believe that it contains fragments of time, and that these fragments narrate instances of the people who have entered it. Through a series of interviews, David cleverly intertwines his life and the stories he believes are held inside “the container”. Foremost, the life of a young woman named Pandora. She entered the building with a group of friends and since that day David is able to experience fragments of her life. He also narrates stories related to Ira, the janitor, and Jeremiah, his nephew, who both use the vacant building for their enjoyment and gain.

As David narrates, Pandora has a grudge against the advertising industry. Beyond any criticism of any specific advertisement she condemns mostly the sheer volume. She believes that the pervasiveness of advertising in people's lives has a reached a level in which it has negative psychological consequences. Pandora explains that the implied reality in most advertisements is that there is a need and that need has to be fulfilled to be happy. She points out that the repetition of that implied reality engenders anxiety and lessens our psychological well-being. Without a real opportunity to change things, Pandora then decides to rant on the Internet by writing powerful animated poems that express her believes about the advertising industry. The rants lead her to participate in a TV show that probably David watched before Pandora actually entered the building.

As the story moves forward David and Pandora's characters get more defined and at the same time more interconnected. The non-linear presentation of the fragments of time inside the container slowly constructs the overall story and shows the intricate interlacing of the plots.