A Return to The Return to Reason (2013)

A Return to The Return to Reason is a tribute to Man Rays 1923 film Le Retour à La Raison A return to Reason the first film to use his Rayograph technique in which Man Ray exposed found objects onto film negative In this film the found object is Man Rays digitized film the first Dada film The original film was digitized with all its aged emulsions scratches and splices then compiled into digital filmstrips These filmstrips are used to output a dithered and inverted image that the laser engraver may etch onto black 35mm film leader The film images are created as the laser engraver scratches away the emulsion on the black leader