Like many of my films, THUMBNAIL SKETCHES began as a flipbook. However, this particular book didn't really flip. Each page, instead of being one phase in a series (like a frame of film), contained a complete cycle of eight drawings arranged in a rectangular ring. The reader had to construct the information conceptually, not just optically, as if it were a mosaic of abstract comic strip panels. The film begins with a 'live' prologue documenting the book's original form; then follows its destruction by scissors, a brief autopsy illustrating the mechanics of movement, and its eventual animated rebirth. The animation is accomplished by displacing the panels in virtual space so that all eight phases are visible simultaneously, a technique in opposition to image replacement, which tricks the viewer into assuming that movement is a continuos flow. This scheme suggests that each unit of time construction need not to be subordinate to the total hypnotic river of illusion, that in fact a 'moving' line is not as simple as it may seem. – G.G.
1 PRINT IN DISTRIBUTION
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distribution format |
Digital file on server (NTSC) |
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screen |
4/3 (single screen) |
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speed |
29,976 fps |
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sound |
sound |
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rental fee |
42,00 € |
