On Thu, 18 Dec 2003, Kate Mahoney wrote:
> My boss, Lloyd Godman, has just printed up a whole lot of negs he found
> under the house which had just been eaten up by something - he'll
> probably have them up in his website shortly. They are amazing images -
> he called the show "When Light turns to Dust" Kate
Sounds a lot like the movie Decasia -- played in NYC last year, and in
London this year, I don't know where else... Someone found some decaying
nitrate film, old silent movies, and spliced together a string of weird &
beautiful effects, including solarization. I bought the disc too, but
haven't watched it yet... tho that might be the best way to see it,
because after the first hour it gets a bit slow: you could fast forward.
Also you could turn down the audio, the "Decasia Theme" being primarily
increasing decibels. It played in the Maya Deren Memorial Theatre at
Anthology Film Archive -- even the young & strong were holding their ears.
("Decasia" = an amalgam of "decay" and "Fantasia" ... )
J..
Received on Wed Dec 17 23:23:06 2003
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