In ‘PHX [X is for Xylonite]’, the first semi-synthetic plastics are considered through their relationship to the chemical and industrial development of photography and film.
‘Ph03nix Rising: The Third Son’ is a short film and coming of age story. A textured synthesis of sci-fi, biblical and noir. Here late 20th
‘Sound Seam’ gives voice to the idea that every surface, in particular parts of our anatomy, is potentially inscribed with an unheard sound or echoes
‘Automamusic’ is a film about mechanical music. Intricate views of self-playing violins, accordions, drums, pianolas, and orchestrions are offset by scenes in which floating musical
Chromatic Aberration is a film which explores the early technologies of colour filmmaking drawn from the archives of George Eastman House, Rochester, New York. Featuring
Following on from Satz’s previous films on electronic music composers and inventors, this short film provides an intimate view of the studio of American composer
Philosopher Johnny Golding ruminates on a formative childhood experience, when her father brought home an early prototype of night vision he was working on for
‘Between the Bullet and the Hole’ is a film centred on the elusive and complex effects of war on women’s role in ballistic research and
‘In and Out of Synch’ centres around the optical printing of soundtracks, committing to 16mm film a technology on the verge of extinction, entombing and
“We will be entering a strange world where composers will be mingling with capacitors, computers will be controlling crotchets and, maybe, memory, music and magnetism
‘Preemptive Listening (part 1: The Fork in the Road)’ is a short 16mm film which serves as part 1 of a larger research project on
The Messenger tells a brief history of the Arctic icebreaker, beginning with the Yermak, built on the Tyne for the Russian Czar in 1898. The
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