An intimate exploration of the smallest of fireworks: the clac-doigt / point fulminant, via 16mm black & white film projection, lathe-cut vinyl on turntables and live sound.
Melanie Clifford and Matt Davies bring a new work created specifically for Prisme 5 using photochemical film and analogue sound reproduction processes to delve into the moment of explosion and its consequences. The exploration begins with interaction of film with grains of translucent rock impregnated with silver fulminate, twisted in cigarette paper wrappers and held in protective sawdust. The brief flash at the instant of explosion darkens both silver nitrate and silver fulminate. Heat and friction both excite silver fulminate and are created by that excitation, and both affect film.
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Performance curated by Mire for the festival PRISME#5, in Nantes (Fr), December 2022
Teaser
Year of production: 2021
Duration : 30'
