As an artist, I am totally on board with the idea of
absolute film. Light and motion are the fundamental materials of film as a
medium. I think that is easy to forget when you’re watching the expertly
obscure films produced by major studios in the United States.
In the years since the birth of absolute film, the medium
has gotten more and more complicated. On top of light and motion we added sound
and color. While these two elements may seem small they have completely taken
over the minds of the film-consuming public.
I think, however, that in this new age of digital
filmmaking we have found the possibilities for absolute film (absolute film
2.0, if you will). With the birth of computer animation we now have complete
control over our art. Digital film is not comprised of chemicals and particles
of silver but rather pixels – 2,073,600 of them in a 1080p video. Using my
computer – I can control the specific color of each pixel completely separately
and wholly. If this does not allow for a new movement of absolute film I do not
know what will.
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