Exercises in Film
A slow zoom is the introduction to a wonderful world of single-frame and hand-processing techniques in film.
In this combined programme
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Flash Camera Movie
A single-frame movie made entirely with disposable cameras. An ode to trivial yet precious details from daily life.
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Trees of Syntax, Leaves of Axis
Marvellous, abstract, hand-processed film in which vision and sound converge in a perfect cadence. Hypnotic violin music by Malcolm Goldstein.
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Sea Series #5-7
Three coarse sequences of grand sea views and small people were shot on outdated material with a beautiful, tangible graininess.
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Laws of Physics
A plunge into the abyss: in one prolonged zoom, the drain in a courtyard comes ever closer. A spider scurries off to avoid our gaze.
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Parties visible et invisible d’un ensemble sous tension
Shots made in Togo, West Africa, and a film strip buried at the same site form the basis of this colourful treatment of film emulsion.
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Lumphini 2552
Photographs of twigs and leaves in Lumphini Park in Bangkok transform into organic patterns when projected as a film.
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