A Cold Compress (2010)

Running time: 12:13
Native format: Quicktime MOV

A study on time, speed, light, and the compression of those three elements. A 16mm film projector (offscreen) pans its light across a studio, passing over a bouquet of yellow daisies. The 24fps flicker clashes with the 30fps recording by the video camera, creating a phasing pulsation in the light. The video repeats again and again, doubling in speed with each successive play until the length is only one frame.

 

Screenings:

2023
Shorts by Blake Williams, Anthology Film Archives – New York City, NY

2016
Pleats of Matter: The Films of Blake Williams, Acropolis Cinema – Los Angeles, CA

2015
Anaglyphic Analogies: Films by Blake Williams, On Screen @ Blaffer – University of Houston, TX

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