Prelude – Arabesques On a Scenic Screen

A preconditioned movie screen and its contents using two twisted 3000 watt strobe lights.

Pie Pellicane Jesu Domine
"And After Several Strokes Their Wings"

Three projector performance. Each machine is threaded with loops of pattered emulsion consisting of one frame translucent base to five frames of emulsion. Two of the projectors are bi-packed using loops made from a documentary, “Birds of Northern Places.” These loops consist of negative prints made from a single 75 frame shot (3.1 seconds) and are nested inside the emulsion loops each pair threaded on a projector. Sound originates from the “windows” in the emulsion pattern that open onto the original sound track. The optical sound signals are processed by guitar effects pedals – metal distortion, two delays and graphic equalizer. – BM