An Archaeology of Cinema

2013, Two Channel HD Video, Silent.
15:58 min & 20:03 min.

An Archaeology of Cinema’ is an installation composed of two silent projections, showing historical film props rotating at the same speed in different directions. Across both projections the scale of the objects oscillate between an original size and an over life size highlighting the duality of its role as an archival object and a cinematic image. Removed from their original context and presented on a green screen backdrop, the endless rotation of these objects, strips away the illusionary qualities of the cinematic aesthetic. Instead of concealing their fictitious nature their ersatz quality is embraced and exposed in a direct questioning of the ontology of the film prop.