Blocking

Made strictly by opposing AMIA's ‘Disaster Recovery for Films in Flooded Areas’ this film was kept under water until its emulsion started to melt, then removed, tightened up and finally dried directly by the sun. The result is what you see, a film trailer, reborn from its very same ashes, in which the few small portions of ‘images’ that remain are overcome by the freed, colourful chemicals. Blocking is, thus, a homage to all the footage lost by the unpredictable dangers of nature and, at the same time, a true song to the beauty in destruction. (Pablo Marin)