ILL COMPOSTO
2023 | 03:38 | 16mm | color | sound
A collaborative Dadaist/exquisite corpse film on the theme of waste by four members of the Harrisburg-based collective Moviate (Josh Drake, James Hollenbaugh, Jeremy Moss, Caleb Smith).
Process: A found, expired 100’ roll of 16mm color negative film was split into four parts and photographed separately by each participant. Then each section was developed in a homemade b&w developer from the participant’s own compostable waste. The negative was then printed to 16mm color print stock on a makeshift DIY contact printer along with found optical sound. Lastly, it was assembled in the Dadaist poetry method by cutting the printed film into pieces, placing them into a large wooden box with holes, randomly pulling strips of film out through the holes one at a time and splicing them together in that order.
Public Screenings
Montreal Underground Film Festival (2024)
Istanbul International Experimental Film Festival (2024)
Colgate University, Alternative Cinema: RPM (2024)
San Diego Underground Film Festival (2024)
RPN Festival: Pittsburgh Edition (2023)
Engauge Experimental Film Festival (2023)
Antimatter [media art] (2023)
Revolutions per Minute Festival (2023)