HI Tony, Thanks for letting me know about "Film Electrocutions." Do you think the image you finally achieved was a result of the luminosity of the electrical arc? Or do you think the electricity might have chemically or physically effected the emulsion in other ways as well?
Are your "Electrocution" films in distribution anywhere? I checked with Canyon Cinema and it looks like they don't have them. All the Best, Heath Heath Iverson PhD Candidate in Film Studies University of St Andrews 99 North Street St. Andrews, KY16 9AD Scotland, UK On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 10:14 PM, Tony Conrad <con...@buffalo.edu> wrote: > Hi Heath----- > > In 1974 I produced several hundred feet of "Film Electrocutions." > > The film was wetted with a salt solution and drawn between two electrodes > at > 9000vac in the dark. This resulted in arcing across the width of the 16mm > DP > negative, with the flashing concentrated between the sprocket holes. > > ----t0ny > > > On Wed 02/20/13 8:45 AM , Heath Iverson heath.ivers...@gmail.com sent: > > Dear Frameworkers, > > > > I'm a doctoral candidate working on contemporary British > > artists' cinema. At the moment I'm doing some research on Jane > > and Louise Wilson's "The Toxic Camera," an installation which, in > > part, commemorates the nuclear accident at Chernobyl. The installation > > is framed as a response to Vladimir Shevchenko's film, "Chernobyl: > > A Chronicle of Difficult Weeks". Filmed in the immediate aftermath of > > the accident, Shevchenko's film was damaged by the ambient > > radiation--leaving the film's emulsion visibly pockmarked by the > > collision with decaying atomic particles. At various points, the > > Wilson's digital video seems to simulate the material damage in > > the Shevchenko film--sometimes literally mimicking a pocked marked > > emulsion, other times apparently "translating" this analogue damage > > into other digital distortions in the image. > > My question: does anyone know how these digital effects were > > technically achieved? Obviously, there are all kinds of digital > > filters that emulate a "film look," but I would like to know exactly > > what the Wilson's process was in production of their video's > > effects. Perhaps someone has their contact information? > > A secondary question: Can anyone point me to any other films in which > > the emulsion registers non-light electromagnetic energy, that is, > > radiation outside the visible spectrum. I can think of certain films > > that intentionally make use x-ray photography, but I'd be > > interested in other examples, especially in accidental instances. > > Best wishes, > > Heath > > -- > > Heath Iverson > > PhD Candidate in Film Studies > > University of St Andrews 99 North Street St. Andrews, KY16 9AD > > Scotland, UK > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > -- Heath Iverson PhD Candidate in Film Studies University of St Andrews 99 North Street St. Andrews, KY16 9AD Scotland, UK
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