In Groundplay, Robert Todd uses his 16mm camera as a microscope. The sensitive instrument does not perceive objects, but dives into the empty spaces between them. The focus shifts to a new world filled with structures, grit and dust barely perceptible to the naked eye.
Also in this combined programme
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Sound over Water
The sky and the sea meet in a deep blue underwater evocation on 16mm. Floating particles, schools of fish and film emulsion converge. -
H(i)J
Hand-processed 16mm film, extremely rich in contrast, visualises solitary silence, a figure at sea, change and conception. -
Drop
Psychedelic bubble bath, made by staining 16mm film strips, thus creating a vivid range of flowing colours and textures. -
Sahara Mosaic
From ancient Egypt to Las Vegas and McArabia: Sahara Mosaic puts the old and the new world on top of each other in an experimental… -
Dorothy (Ragged Film #4)
Hybrid film experiment encompasses both a love poem and a noise film. With music by the Japanese experimental turntablists BusRatch. -
One Record on December
Tamaki Shinkan explores 16mm film material. One Record on December seems to contain a virus that affects the image. -
28.IV.81 (Bedouin Spark)
Close-up cinematography turns a simple object into a site of meditative, celestial beauty.
Film details
- Country of production
- USA
- Year
- 2009
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2010
- Length
- 12'
- Medium/Format
- 16mm
