Film about Film: Obliteration of the Image
Film about Film: Obliteration of the Image, 2021-22
Video, textiles, photo, mixed media
Film about Film is about exposing the production of film for uncomfortable consumption. The goal was to push photographs as far as they can go until they are no longer photos anymore. The process was a slow, meditative deconstruction, escaping from the typical treatment of film as a precious object, overcoming the fear of ruining the original copy.
The film was deconstructed not only through physical mutilation but by making it into a hybrid of digital and analog photography. Repetitively converting it from digital file to analog object, back to a digital file again further pushing the photo to be re-defined.
Film about Film Videos
All four of these videos were made from one piece of collaged film. Each moving further and further away from the original object.
Film about Film: First Cut
Stop motion made on an IPhone of collaged film.
Film about Film: Second Cut
Stop motion made with a dslr camera and photoshop of collaged film.
Film about Film: Third Cut
BW Super8 of “Second Cut” video projected onto the installation, then etched onto the film to mimic “First Cut”.
Film about Film: Fourth Cut
Stop motion made on an IPhone of “Third Cut” super8 film.
TALKS
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“Experiments in Cinema v18.4 Experiment 2
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Online May 1-10 2023