Deserted (2016)

Andrew Bensons Deserted is at once a digital video meditation on the idea of the desert and an autobiographical evocation of growing up near the Mojave Desert in California A recent move back to its edges sees Benson reimagining the arid climates texture of feldspar sand creosote and deep skies with layers of noinput feedback digital paint misbehaving color effects and cameradriven image distortion Shot in one long take using custom realtime video software Deserted places a geological history within a context both synthesized and electronic to its core