Decasia
Bill Morrison, 2002
In reference to the curiosities of aged film, I have sourced the experimental film Decasia as an example of the relationship of film and time and the form of art it can become as a result of poor preservation and decay.
This film was composed out of a discovered stash of archival film celluloid that had been forgotten for many years.
The composed result of images and sound is disturbingly beautiful.
Bill Morrison explores the idea of composition via sound and visual, adapting found footage to an accompanied symphony of hypnotic instrumental sounds. The timeline of footage is composed of layers of celluloid image, mould, blistering, scratches, burns, etc., as a result of film decomposition.
Bill Morrison explores the idea of composition via sound and visual, adapting found footage to an accompanied symphony of hypnotic instrumental sounds. The timeline of footage is composed of layers of celluloid image, mould, blistering, scratches, burns, etc., as a result of film decomposition.
I personally found this film quite unsettling to watch and could not sit through the entire thing...but the further into the film, the more fascinatingly surreal the visuals become as each shot exhibits more and more signs of decay.
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