A short study for the optical printer, based on found footage of fire, on coloured light from the printer and chemical manipulations of the film emulsion. The film, consisting of 11 sections, changes from a traditionally centered image towards images that cover lengths of the filmstrip and originate from the material itself.
Also in this combined programme
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#2
Hommage to the way daylight changes colour during the course of the day, linking this to how film as a medium captures and radiates light. -
#3
Images for this work were created by recording the movements of a tiny light source with extremely long exposure times, drawing traces on the emulsion -
#7
Essentially a slow evolution from black to white, this film is an articulation of the old idea of Aristotle’s that colours arise from the clash between… -
#5
Through images made by using very non-virtual, simple reflecting materials, #5 can be regarded as a kind of action painting with light. -
#11, Marey <-> Moiré
Featuring images generated by revisiting the chronophotographic techniques of Étienne-Jules Marey, this film deals with the discontinuity
Film details
- Country of production
- Netherlands
- Year
- 1994
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2017
- Length
- 2'
- Medium/Format
- DCP
