16 One
Single channel: 16mm | silent | 2 minutes 36 seconds | 2022
A project started in 1964 and finished in 2022.
Sourced from a home movie originally filmed in 1964. The film was then buried outside of my current home in North Carolina for 18 days. As the film advances forward, the emulsion deteriorates until all figural representation is lost.
Methodology:
Approximately 60 feet of 16mm film, buried in a field 4 miles off the Cape Fear River. At the time of excavation, the film's emulsion was highly unstable due to location temperature and the lack of film on the reel. Less total film equates to less protection against decay. The film was dried out and cleaned over a three-day process before being digitally scanned.
Soil samples were taken from the exact location of the burial. The soil was tested for pH level, moisture, and temperature. Records were kept of location temperature and precipitation levels.
Selected Exhibitions:
Fried Fruit Gallery, Wilmington, North Carolina
ULTRAcinema XI MEKAS 100, Mexico City, Mexico
Altered Images, London, United Kingdom
Soto Aqua, Venice, Italy
Film Diary NYC, Millennium Film Workshop, New York, New York
Harkat 16mm Film Festival, Mumbai, Maharashtra. India
Living With Buildings - IV, Coventry, England
SEFF Binghamton, Binghamton, New York
Interface Video Art Festival, Zagreb, Croatia
XPRMNTL anti-festival, London, United Kingdom
Fisura International Festival of Experimental Film, Mexico City, Mexico
Fountain Street Gallery Video Series, Boston, Massachusetts
Artscape Gibraltar Point, LIFT Analogue Resilience, Toronto, Canada
ANALOGICA SELECTION 13, Bolzano, Italy
Floral Cow Studios, Bloomington, Indiana
Remiera della Giudecca, Giudecca Island, Venice, Italy
Celaya Experimental Film, Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico
Other Lights, Curated by Carlos Cruz, Wienstation, Vienna, Austria
Exploding Cinema, The Cinema Museum, London, United Kingdom
