Decay (Film & Video)
This video explores the unreliability of both film and video. Although we can distinctly see the decay of film over time, we must also take into account the decomposition of the medium of video, too. I parallel the decay of these two mediums with using images of the decay of organic materials: fruits, rabbit, and person.
The clips of the fruits and rabbit are found footages. I filmed the person dying. However, to create a recursive loop between film and video, I first obtained video clips of each, then filmed each sequence onto 16mm B&W film, and finally converting everything back to video.
If you look closely at the film sequence, you can start seeing the images fading away. During the video sequence, I recompressed each clip over and over until the videos get so pixelated that you can't really make out the images.
**NOTE: The original is much sharper and crisper, so in a way, by uploading this onto YouTube, it further supports my argument about the unreliability of video.
