In this section I include images and some footage from 16mm films created over the last decade.
The video file shows Inscriptions. This is a short experimental 16mm film—presented live, using two projectors at a public art event in Edmonton (hosted by Mile Zero Dance, December, 2014). The film is a piecing together of 16mm footage I shot in different countries, capturing imagery of urban landscapes, places of work, and family. In making Inscriptions, the surface of the developed film was altered through scratching, acrylic pigment, laser printing and dry transfer lettering. This transformation of the film surface embodies the role of "forgetting" in the "formation of a new identity" as described by Paul Connerton in his writing on cultural memory. The soundtrack is ‘Unseen Hand’ by Angelmark.
The next image is from Tangible Memory (screened at the 2022 Athens Film + Video Festival). This short film is based on conversations with (and footage of) a veteran machinist who reflects on a lifetime of working with metal. Through the sharing of memories and storytelling this brief account sheds light on the intimate, life-long relation between maker and material (and the degree to which the latter has agency). As people shape material, material also shapes people. The medium used to capture this footage (using a Bolex 16mm camera in an industrial work environment) further reinforces the significance of tools and tactility in shaping things.
The following four pictures are from the short film, Sand, which was screened as part of the 2019 Hispanic Culture Film Festival in St. Augustine, Florida. Footage was shot in southern Spain and the Alberta Badlands.
The film, Emptiness (bottom image) toured as part of Prairie Tales 9.