Sunday, March 10, 2024 — Saturday, May 4, 2024 at 7:23 pm
Hallwalls Cinema
02:58 loop / 4272, misc. mushroom spores, 16mm sound film to HDV, 2016
This film experiment begins its life-cycle with the production and collection of the North American edible forest and field dwelling mushrooms. Bellas (Agaricus bisporus); chanterelles (Cantharellus cibarius); shaggy manes (Coprinus comatus); lions manes (Hericium erinaceus); and oyster spores (Pleurotus ostreatus) create the emulsion for this 16mm film print.
Contact is slowly severed as the film is played, and a new film is gradually produced in installation. This digital loop freezes 4272 frames in this process.
The soundscape is also derived from the film's emulsion. The spores are played by the projector, creating their own organic music as they run through the machine.
This film presents media and matter as vibrant and spontaneous. It is not only meant to be seen and heard, but inhaled as well.
SPF16 has been installed at The Agway (Buffalo) summer 2016 + exhibited digitally at Kuala Lumpur Experimental Film, Video & Music Festival (Kuala Lumpur) fall 2016, Feverish World Symposium (Burlington) fall 2018-2068, UNIFOR – Fundação Edson Queiroz Universidade de Fortaleza (Fortaleza) winter 2019-2020, Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center spring 2020 + spring 2024
SPF16 is part of the Spore Print Film Series (Ongoing Series, 2010 - Present) - https://www.a--a.org/project/spore-print-film-series