柏林之马

This film is largely an exploration of certain aspects of the film medium itself. 　　It also aims to convey certain concepts of time in a more illusory manner than I have typically pursued in many of my other films. It attempts to address some paradoxes in the relationship between the "real" time that existed when the film was shot and the "real" time that exists when the film is screened, and how this relationship can be modulated through technical manipulation of the images and sequences. 　　The film consists of two parts, joined by a central superimposition of material from both sections. The first part is created from a small segment of 8mm color film that I shot, which was later refilmed in various ways from the screen in 16mm black and white. The black and white material was then printed in a negative-positive superimposition through color filters, producing a continuously changing 'solarization' effect, where the image operates abstractly within its own temporal framework. The second part is made by treating very early black and white newsreel footage of a similar subject in the same way. As a two-screen film, the second screen presents a black and white version of the entire film. MLG.