THE BLUE RECORD
2014 | 16:37 | 16mm to dv | color | sound
Combining hand-processed 16mm imagery, a deconstructed lyric essay, and an ambient score driven by the cut, The Blue Record meditates on the pastime of ruin-gazing and its application across a wide range of aesthetic experiences. Informed in part by the work of Alain Resnais, Walter Benjamin, and the Romantic poets, the film is a collaborative study of what happens when the process of decay is arrested and ruins become commercial entities.
Shot on location at Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia, the film is at once an immersive and Brechtian examination of the experience of destruction as an aesthetic pleasure. Made in collaboration with Erik Anderson, with original music by Vicki Brown.
Public Screenings
OFF Biennale Budapest (2015)
Montréal Underground Film Festival (2015)
Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival (2015)
Athens International Film + Video Festival (2015)
Internationale Kurzfilmwoche (2015)
FLEX: Florida Experimental Film + Video Festival (2015)
Dallas Medianale (2015)
Transient Visions Festival of the Moving Image (2014)
Raindance Film Festival (2014)
Experimental Film Festival Portland (2014)
Australia International Experimental Film Festival (2014)
CROSSROADS (2014)