Conrad studied the physiology of the nervous system at Harvard University. Through this film, consisting of only alternating black-and-white film images, he invents a new film image. By implicating the retina rather than sight – that is, by stimulating physiological rather than psychological impressions – the film displaces the centres of reception from the sensory to the neural.
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Film details
- Country of production
- USA
- Year
- 1966
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2008
- Length
- 30'
- Medium/Format
- 16mm
