Shot on Blood: Kozmikonic Electronica
(2023, 56 minutes)
*** Viewer discretion is advised. This program contains sequences of flashing lights and visual patterns that may affect viewers with photosensitive epilepsy or similar sensitivities. ***
Part experimental documentary, part cinematic essay, “Shot on Blood: Kozmikonic Electronica” explores image-making, identity, and representation through a remarkable blend of analog and digital filmmaking. Incorporating footage shot on a hand-cranked 1912 Bell & Howell camera and processed using a handmade emulsion, the film reflects on cinema history, technology, nature, memory, and the act of seeing itself.
Director and Producer: Oliver Hockenhull
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Shot on Blood: Kozmikonic Electronica
(2023, 56 minutes)
Artist Statement:
This was the first precision-made motion picture camera, the Bell and Howell 2709B — first modelled in 1912, made with a weighty cast in one piece aluminum body, all shafts running in ball bearings, plus a four-lens turret. Many of the classic Hollywood silen...