Films
LOOKING GLASS INSECTS
16mm / Silent / 3 min. / 2013
The film takes its title from chapter
three of Through the Looking Glass
and its classic original illustrations by
Tenniel. Delighting in the act and play
of observation, it finds a visual metaphor
for the cinematic process in the antics of
the original story, and makes use of magnifying
glasses as an optical pun--pointing to the instruments used by
both entomologists and filmmakers alike.
Yet the insects of the story fade away, just as the observations
that appear in the film’s magnifying glass dissolve into darkness when tilted
to reflect the “natural” world beyond the book.
The film is entirely hand processed.
US Premiere: Ann Arbor Film Festival, March 2013. Onion City Film Festival, Chicago. Views From the Avant-Garde New York Film Festival, New York.
The film is entirely hand processed.
US Premiere: Ann Arbor Film Festival, March 2013. Onion City Film Festival, Chicago. Views From the Avant-Garde New York Film Festival, New York.