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Freytag’s Pyramid of Climactic Light
A hand-processed 16mm work that uses images associated with NC-17 cinema and violent PG-13 soundtracks to interrogate censorship, ideology, and the politics of looking.
- Format
- Experimental 16mm Short / Installation
- Role
- Director / Writer / Editor / Processor / Sound editor / Colorist
- Year
- 2019
- Status
- Completed · Film and installation
Role
I directed, wrote, edited, processed, designed the sound, and color-finished the work.
Process
Built from approximately 900 still images captured from NC-17-rated films and re-photographed to 16mm, the piece places sentimental and nonviolent bodies against violent sound fragments drawn from PG-13 cinema.
The work began as a short experimental film and expanded into a five-channel video installation.