New Work: Surface Noise

Still from a new video piece I made this month with David Phillips and Tim Blue. It opens at the VOID gallery in Derry Saturday November 28th. More info on the show and VOID here.

We worked with proprietary instruments typically used in film restoration labs to scan 35mm film prints for damage. By re-programming the machines, we were able to isolate only the damaged elements of old film prints, the dust, dirt, and scratches. The original film was then deleted from the files, and what remains is a digital record of the markings of time and use on the physical material of the film itself.