35mm negative film stock was buried under leaves near the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. The abstract flurry of activity on the surface of the filmstrip translates the energies of the radioactive site. Disordered marks and traces, representing the imprint of time between sunset and sunrise on the night of June 24th 2014, blend into the green and blue tones of the light-exposed emulsion.

Sound of a Million Insects, Light of a Thousand Stars

Luminous Veil

Rhythmic and hypnotic, Light, Noise, Smoke, and Light, Noise, Smoke is the latest triumph from analogue maestro Tomonari Nishikawa, a deceptively complex interplay between fireworks footage shot during a Japanese summer festival and the sonic imprints left by the same images on the optical soundtrack.