2018 by 23trees

Who knows what kinds of experiments have been conducted already, us gormlessly glued to the screens, the one-way mirrors to our souls.

I wonder how it would feel to watch a movie at cinema recorded in infrared, or with inverted colours. What sort of unease would slip inside our mind, just watching the performance of a human being through this otherworldly filter? Would we see something unusual, unexpected? Would we see a hidden lie, a secret, an agenda not supposed to be overt? What kind of creepiness would jump out at us, a character note we normally consider desirable or attractive?

I propose a short clip be made entirely in inverted colours, depicting an everyday scene from the street, without any atmospheric sound added to the original recording, to be watched on the big screen by the adventurous and the willing.

For anyone who hears too much, feels too fast, and hasn’t found a home in language. Glitching with grace?

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